A recent assessment estimates that Jakarta’s land is sinking at an average rate of 3.5cm per year. Read more at ...

The assessment spanning 40 delta regions worldwide has identified the three in eastern India among 19 where land subsidence — ...

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

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

New research involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals how fast the world’s river deltas are sinking and the human-driven causes. Home to hundreds of millions of people, until now it was ...

It’s not just that sea levels are rising. Scientists believe fossil fuel extraction and river engineering are also factors ...

Rising sea levels are no longer a distant warning but a visible reality reshaping coastlines around the world. In many beach ...

Governor Pramono Anung said the giant sea wall construction could potentially address two primary issues faced Jakarta.

A rural bungalow suffering from "severe subsidence" could be replaced with a new flood-proof home. West Norfolk Council has ...