How safe is the ground I walk on? Pedestrians in Seoul may be forced to ponder this question, given the recent spate of ...

A UC Riverside study has found that as land in California's Central Valley sinks due to excessive groundwater pumping, so do local housing values. The research found that homes in subsiding — or ...

A major portion of the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane highway near Diyod in Mandi district suffered significant damage today ...

“Land subsidence alone can amplify hazards,” said Manoochehr Shirzaei, a study co-author and researcher at Virginia Tech. “We can use this framework to identify where there might be a risk.” ...

"Parts of Atlantic City now flood during high tides," according to travel website FarandWide. "By 2030, more than a fifth of the city could be regularly underwater. With the boardwalk and casinos in ...

Phoenix is sinking lower. It joins nearly every other major city in the nation in experiencing a phenomenon called land ...

Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions ...

"Our study puts land subsidence happening from excessive groundwater pumping to a global context," said Fahim Hasan, a Ph.D. candidate at Colorado State University and the study's lead author.

We must be better prepared next time the big floods come, and it is only a matter of time before they do come again.” ...