NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

Subtle shifts in land elevation can considerably increase or decrease the local impacts of sea level rise along coastlines.

Tracking and predicting sea level rise involves more than measuring the height of our oceans: Land along coastlines also ...

Cliffs slope into the ocean in San Simeon, California. All along the state's dynamic coastline, land is inching down and up ...

The elevation changes may seem small — amounting to fractions of inches per year — but they can increase or decrease local ...

The African rift valley is a sight to behold ... Over time, a small oceanic spreading centre formed in the central Red Sea but it did not progress. Only in the last million years or so has the rifting ...

Ground subsidence in Gifu Prefecture was likely caused by tunnel construction work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said. In the ...

It includes a 200m stretch in Bowbazar, which has seen four incidents of water leakage and soil subsidence since 2019, delaying the project for years. The trial run was a significant step towards the ...

between 2016 and 2023. While some settling during and in the months following construction is normal, the researchers say the subsidence continued for years and has shown no signs of stopping ...