(NEXSTAR) — Those living along the coasts in the U.S. — Atlantic, Pacific, and the Gulf — are no strangers to flooding. Scientists have long been predicting flooding will only become more common for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most ...

Imagine Earth's surface is like a stack of pancakes. The pancakes, or layers of soil and rocks, may appear fairly evenly stacked and fluffy. Over time though, the stack can become compressed, thinner ...

A spatial map of vertical land motion of the East Coast (left panel); primary, secondary, and interstate roads on Hampton Roads, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach, Va., (top right panel); and John F.

Many people in the San Joaquin Valley have seen the ominous photo: It depicts a person standing next to a telephone pole that bears a series of signs labeled with years. Way at the top of the pole is ...

Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities, according to scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Virginia Tech. Writing in the journal Science, Prof Robert Nicholls of the ...

The nation's biggest cities are sinking, according to data from a new study. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing groundwater extraction, ...

Subsidence, often called an "invisible threat," can damage infrastructure and increase flood risks. While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking trend.