US EditionAs rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
- New research estimates that New York City's landmass is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year due to the weight of its buildings. The compression varies throughout the city, with Midtown Manhattan's skyscrapers largely built on rock and some parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and downtown Manhattan on looser soil and sinking faster.
- Climate change is compounding the issue, as the sea level rise continues to accelerate.
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As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself. New research estimates the city’s landmass is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year, something referred to as “subsidence.” That natural process happens everywhere as ground is compressed, but the study published this month in…
As rising oceans threaten NYC, study finds another risk: The city is sinking
NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself.
As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking - West Hawaii Today
NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself.
As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
NEW YORK – If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself. New research estimates the city’s landmass is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year, something referred […]
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