In recent years, the Western United States has been facing a rather alarming issue—it’s gradually sinking. One might wonder ...

The construction of levees prevented this natural build-up ... in one of the worst spots it could be in terms of this land subsidence," Paul Bierman, a UVM geologist, told Science Direct.

Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical phenomena ... volcanoes, landslides, flooding, groundwater changes, subsidence, sea level rise and glacial and permafrost dynamics on infrastructure ...

Researchers documented regions of land subsidence (displayed in blue ... Both manmade and natural causes were factors in ground level changes. Many coastal regions, including parts of San ...

Human activity is causing subsidence in large areas of the Netherlands. Primary causes are the lowering of the groundwater level to keep our feet dry and the construction of residential areas and ...

The Natural Resources Committee voted in support of four bills that would eliminate the need for active management areas and allow farmers to irrigate additional land within them.

Murray, K., Barbee, M., Thompson, P. et al. Coastal land subsidence “In rapidly subsiding areas, sea level rise impacts will be felt much sooner than previously estimated,” said Kyle Murray ...