Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunny Isles Beach is already taking another look at many of its gleaming high-rises in the wake of a new study by the University ...

The University of Miami released a groundbreaking study on Friday, revealing that 35 high-rise buildings along the Miami coastline are sinking at "unexpected" rates. The high-rises, home to tens of ...

Major cities on the US’s Atlantic coast are sinking faster than previously thought, with some rates of subsidence outpacing global sea level rise and threatening buildings, roads, and other key ...

The ground is slowly sinking or deforming beneath all the biggest cities in the US, according to new satellite analysis. If cities don't do something about this land-sinking phenomenon, called ...

The area where a building partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla. showed signs of land subsidence in the 1990s, according to space-based radar data analyzed by an FIU professor. The 2020 land and sea ...

During an earthquake, soil can weaken through subsidence and liquefaction. These processes can cause buildings to collapse as the soil becomes unable to support their weight. Researchers have now ...

Residents of Surfside were caught off guard by new findings that several buildings in the coastal town are reportedly sinking.

The country’s 28 most populous metros are slowly sinking, according to a study published in the journal Nature Cities. The land beneath these cities is subsiding, mostly because people are using too ...

Unless you’re sinking into quicksand, you might assume that the land beneath your feet is solid and unmoving. In actual fact, your part of the world may well be undergoing “subsidence,” which is where ...