Land subsidence is a geohazard caused by the sudden or gradual settling (years to decades) of the land surface due to the removal of subsurface material. This can be due to a variety of factors, both ...

Mining‐induced ground subsidence arises when the removal of underground material disrupts the equilibrium of overlying strata, leading to fracture propagation, block rotation and compaction of broken ...

An international team of researchers has created a model that can be used to make estimates about the degree of subsidence risk for different parts of the world. In their paper published in the ...

New York City is sinking. Washington, D.C., is sinking, as well. So are Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas, and more than two-dozen of the most populous cities in the United States. Just over one year after ...

Our thirst for drinking water is causing severe subsidence in many areas around the world, putting them at risk of flooding. But some communities are trying to solve the problem. From Miami to Jakarta ...

The depletion of Iran's underwater aquifers is driving the ground to sink rapidly throughout the country, new research shows. More than 12,120 square miles (31,400 square kilometers) of the country — ...