May 12, 2025 · North Texas residents are among roughly 34 million Americans whose cities are sinking into the Earth, according to a new report published in the journal Nature Cities. Researchers used...

Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities. Subsidence involves little or no horizontal …

What is subsidence? Subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth's surface. This geodetic mark in Louisiana is anchored deep below the ground and was level with the ground when it …

Mar 2, 2019 · More than 80 percent of known land subsidence in the U.S. is a consequence of groundwater use, and is an often overlooked environmental consequence of our land and water-use …

Subsidence, sinking of the Earth’s surface in response to geologic or man-induced causes. When subsidence occurs in great belts, providing troughs for the accumulation of sediments, the resulting …

May 8, 2025 · Here we use space geodetic measurements from 2015 to 2021 to create high-resolution maps of subsidence rates for the 28 most populous US cities. We estimate that at least 20% of the …

In the simplest of terms, land subsidence is the sinking of the Earth’s surface due to subsurface movement. Aquifer compaction from groundwater withdrawal, oil and gas extraction, underground …

Subsidence is the sinking of the land surface due to changes in the soil or sediment beneath our feet. Subsidence occurs for a variety of reasons such as groundwater pumping, oil extraction, and …

May 8, 2025 · The data mapped how the phenomenon of land subsidence — a slow-moving setting or sinking often caused by the removal of underground fluids like water, oil and gas — uniquely impacts …

Subsidence refers to the gradual sinking or settling of the Earth's surface, often caused by natural processes such as the compaction of sediment, or human activities like mining and groundwater …