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 ...

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 ...

Year after year, a scary statistic haunts the Hampton Roads area — “the highest rate of sea level rise on the east coast.” What’s more worrying is the less discussed issue: We are sinking, what’s ...

What do Venice, Jakarta, Manilla and Bangkok have in common? They are or were sinking cities. Wageningen researcher Philip Minderhoud studies the causes of subsidence in these cities. Groundwater ...

SAN ANTONIO — A new study found San Antonio has the most buildings at "high" or "very high" risk of damage from the effects of land subsidence, the slow and gradual sinking of the Earth's surface over ...

Researchers found 35 high-rises along the coasts of Miami-area barrier islands slowly sank by as much as 3 in. between 2016 and 2023. While some settling during and in the months following ...

Surfside town commissioners plan to discuss how to better regulate development of new projects to protect nearby buildings after a study found 35 high-rises along Miami’s barrier islands are sinking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Water is pumped to irrigate wheat fields near Hanford in 2021. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) For decades, a costly problem ...

Soil liquefaction and subsidence can cause severe damage to infrastructure. To tackle this issue, researchers have created a machine-learning model capable of predicting the thickness and depth of ...