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

The measure would add new limits to groundwater use in rural Arizona, but some residents of those areas say it doesn't do ...

In the Arctic, permafrost plays a crucial role in building infrastructure. However, as the region warms and permafrost thaws, infrastructure is threatened as the ground shifts beneath the built ...

The Natural Resources Committee voted in support of four bills that would eliminate the need for active management areas and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Alastair Bland, After abundant rain and ...

Over the past twenty years, the ground in this area has risen by 55 inches. The newly discovered Frieze of the House of the ...

A recent paper under open review and discussion at the Center for Open Science delves deeply into evidence of conflicts of ...

Resolution Copper wants to dig up a massive amount of copper ore beneath Oak Flat inside the Tonto National Forest. And by ...

Subsidence, or ground sinking due to underground material movement, is most commonly induced by the extraction of water, oil, natural gas, or mineral resources from the earth by pumping, fracking, or ...

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 ...

Rising and sinking land across the state of California could affect sea levels in the state in the coming decades, according to an analysis by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.