Researchers found 35 high-rises along the coasts of Miami-area barrier islands slowly sank by as much as 3 in. between 2016 and 2023. While some settling during and in the months following ...

As China’s cities become taller, bigger and more modern, they face a major problem: the ground beneath them is sinking. A 2024 study 1 found that nearly half of the land under the country’s major ...

Luxury beachfront high-rises on the coast of Miami's barrier islands are sinking, a new study found. Subsidence and rising seas could affect up to $109 billion of US coastal property by 2050.