Articles for tag: Earth Science, Future of Cities, Geophysics, United States, Urban Planning

Urban Sinkholes in the Making? Satellite Data Reveals Shocking Truth About U.S. Cities

Jan Otte

Under the skyscrapers and crowded streets of America’s biggest cities lies a hidden crisis. New satellite studies show that big cities from New York to Houston are subsiding at a catastrophic rate, threatening thousands of buildings and essential infrastructure. Guilty parties? Over-extraction of groundwater, the force of heavy urbanization, and even prehistoric shifts in the ...