A recently published study found that Houston is the fastest-sinking major city in the United States, with more than 40% of its land area subsiding faster than 5 millimeters per year. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/05/08/520893/study-finds-houston-to-be-the-fastest-sinking-city-in-u-s/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #HoustonFlooding #HurricaneHarvey #SinkingHouston #SinkingLand #Subsidence

The sea level is rising as the earth heats and #glaciers melt. At the same time, land is sinking—another detrimental result of #ClimateChange which is making #water scarcer.

Even as water becomes more scarce, Shirzaei says we need to mitigate the sinking of the land in the next decade, or it will severely impact the integrity of #buildings and #infrastructure. #RisingSeas #SinkingLand

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/coastal-land-is-sinking-doubling-the-potential-damage-of-rising-seas.html

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