Groundwater and oil extraction are causing the ground beneath Houston to sink faster than any other major city in the U.S., ...

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...

The study looked at 28 major cities and found that all of them are sinking, with Houston shifting down the fastest.

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of 4 millimeters per year due to groundwater loss, a recent study found.

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Columbia Climate School has found that Houston is the fastest sinking city out of 28 cities examined in its recent study released May 8. Columbia Climate School is part of ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a faster rate than any other inland city in North America, according to a new study from ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the problem may only be getting worse. This study, published in the ...