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18 of Earth's biggest river deltas — including the Nile and Amazon — are sinking faster than global sea levels are rising

Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

Sinking ground, rising danger: the hidden crisis threatening coastal cities

A global study of major river deltas shows human-driven land subsidence is now overtaking climate change as the biggest flood ...
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Study finds dozens of major cities sinking due to groundwater extraction

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...
Tehran Times

Water leaks, ground subsidence raise concerns at Isfahan’s UNESCO-listed mosque

TEHRAN - Iranian authorities and heritage experts are racing to contain what they describe as a structural threat to parts of the UNESCO-registered Jameh Mosque of Isfahan, also known as the Atiq ...
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Researchers link sinking ground to sinking home prices in Central California

Land subsidence in California's Central Valley has caused a 2.4% to 5.8% decrease in home values, totaling $1.87 billion. Excessive groundwater pumping, worsened by drought and climate change, is the ...
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Land under the country’s largest cities is sinking. Here’s where — and why.

The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research. But that sinking, known as subsidence, is ...