Researchers have tied the problem to widespread over-extraction of groundwater, particularly in lower-income neighbourhoods ...

Land subsidence in California's Central Valley has caused a 2.4% to 5.8% decrease in home values, totaling $1.87 billion. Excessive groundwater pumping, worsened by drought and climate change, is the ...

The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research. But that sinking, known as subsidence, is ...

For decades, a costly problem has been worsening beneath California’s San Joaquin Valley: the land has been sinking, driven by the chronic overpumping of groundwater. As agricultural wells have ...

Across Cochise County’s Sulphur Springs Valley, the ground sinks more than three times faster today from unregulated agricultural overpumping of groundwater as it did 25 years ago, state records show.

Picture your sidewalk on a scorching summer day. You've probably seen how the concrete expands and contracts with temperature changes, sometimes creating small cracks that seem to appear overnight.

FIU geophysics professor Shimon Wdowinski discusses a 2020 study where he found land subsidence in Miami Beach and in Norfolk, Va. Below he addresses key questions about subsidence and his research in ...

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that it held the ‘Gyeonggi Province Underground Safety Committee’ on the 14th and approved the ‘2025 Gyeonggi Province Underground Safety Management Plan’ for ...

As pumps hum on wells and send vast quantities of water flowing to farms in the San Joaquin Valley, the dropping water levels are leaving underground spaces in layers of gravel, sand and clay, causing ...

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 ...