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 ...

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

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 ...

“We think the majority of subsidence is related to the compaction of these materials over time.” “This rate of land subsidence is faster than the long-term rate of sea level rise in Hawai ...

Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. In the ...

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.