A new academic study found nearly half of Houston's land is subsiding at least 1/5 of an inch each year, outpacing the ...

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities—including New ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a report released on Thursday. Here's what's causing ...

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over ...

The study looked at 28 major cities and found that all of them are sinking, with Houston shifting down the fastest.

A recently published study found that Houston is the fastest-sinking major city in the United States, with more than 40% of its land area subsiding faster than 5 millimeters per year. The study ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of 4 millimeters per year due to groundwater loss, a recent study found.