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 ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that large sections of New York City, especially Queens and ...

A new study of the 28 most populous U.S. cities finds that all are sinking to one degree or another. The cities include not just those on the coasts, where relative sea level is a concern, but many in ...

Groundwater and oil extraction are causing the ground beneath Houston to sink faster than any other major city in the U.S., according to a new study in Nature Cities. A group of researchers from ...

William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS have released their 2024 U.S. sea level "report cards," providing updated analyses of ...

Rising tides are a big concern in the RMI, where the highest point is only 10 meters above sea level, and the average ... LIDAR, to map the topography of the islands, at a cost of $400,000.

Rising seas and stronger storms are reshaping coastal North Carolina, but many avoid terms like climate change even as they ...

A historic American city that's home to more than 360,000 people could soon vanish from the US as a growing number of studies ...

Scientists working in the United States, Austria, and Australia wanted to look at how pollution already generated by the Carbon Majors — the world's largest producers of fossil fuel and cement — has ...

The University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group relies heavily on federal funding to help communities adapt to climate ...

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