The latest data harvested from Tehran’s satellite cities show that the ground is cracking open in some areas, because of water crisis that has worsened as the groundwater exploitation has increased.

New research shows how the combination of extreme climate events, sea-level rise and land subsidence could create larger and deeper floods in coastal cities in future. As global temperatures rise, ...

Nearly half of China’s cities are sinking beneath rising water pressures, threatening infrastructure, housing, and long-term ...

Land subsidence, a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface due to subsurface movement of earth materials is mainly caused by aquifer-system compaction, drainage and decomposition of ...

A well-drilling rig operates amid a commercial orchard in the San Joaquin Valley. Decades of well pumping have caused land in the San Joaquin Valley to sink deeper and deeper. (Irfan Khan / Los ...

A rapid rate of land subsidence could make sea level rise estimates worse for one of Colombia’s tourist destinations. This could serve as a warning sign to other coastal cities. FIU geophysics ...

COMMENT | Cities all over the world are sinking. In Southeast Asia, the rapid growth of megacities has led to a pressing design problem that many governments are only just starting to address. Jakarta ...

The California Department of Water Resources plans to issue new regulations requiring local groundwater sustainability agencies to take immediate actions to prevent more land from sinking due to ...

Unesco warns of urban centres sinking because of unsustainable farming and groundwater extraction Subsidence, or the gradual sinking of land, could affect 19% of the world’s population by 2040, ...

CARBONDALE – As what can be expected of a daring 12-year-old, Mike Brophy once crawled through the anthracite mines beneath his neighborhood on the outskirts of town near Childs. Now the 48-year-old ...