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Sinking Land More Than Doubles Sea Level Rise on the World's Most Crowded Coasts
Research in Nature Communications finds that subsiding land more than doubles the rate of sea level rise actually experienced along the world's most densely settled coastlines.
NASA Satellite Maps Alarming Scale of Mexico City Ground Collapse
NISAR data shows parts of Mexico City sinking faster than 0.8 inches a month, placing the capital among the world's most rapidly subsiding major cities.
Satellite Radar Used to Map Subsidence Damage Risk Across New York City Transport Network
A 2026 study combines InSAR displacement measurements with structural data to model subsidence damage risk across New York City's transport network.
Climate Risk Research Points to Trillions in Unpriced Real Estate Exposure
First Street puts unpriced US property exposure near 1.47 trillion dollars, driven less by physical damage than by insurance costs and where buyers will no longer go.
Study Finds Ground Beneath Major US Cities Is Sinking at Scale That Threatens Infrastructure
Land is sinking beneath all 28 of the most populous cities in the United States, with at least a fifth of the urban area affected in every one of them.