“While California’s prisons are vulnerable to wildfires, floods, and earthquakes, we found they are not adequately prepared to respond to emergencies posed by natural disasters,” stated the report by ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a report released on Thursday. Here's what's causing ...

A recent study shows most of the biggest cities in the country are sinking, and three Texas cities are doing so faster than ...

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 ...

Satellite data revealed that Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the U.S., and that all of the other biggest cities are ...

Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure ...

The cities include not just those on the coasts, where sea level rise is a concern, but many in the interior. And one is in Ohio. Here's where.

Using satellite technology, scientists have now determined that 25 of 28 of the most-populated cities in the United States ...

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Cities has found that all 28 of the most populous cities in the United States are ...

A new study published in Nature Cities highlights how Indianapolis and 27 major urban cities in the US are sinking by 2 to 10 millimeters every year. The lead author and former Virginia Tech graduate ...

A new study published in Nature Cities highlights 28 major urban cities in the US that are sinking by 2 to 10 millimeters ...

Seattle is sinking millimeter by millimeter, and new research shows it's more widespread — and riskier — than once suspected.