Subsidence in Non-Coastal Areas – A Global ... of non-coastal cities subsiding as extraction of water from the aquifers beneath collapses the geology that supports them. This slow-motion ...

Indiscriminate extraction of underground water reserves and failure to restore aquifers over the previous decades have led to land subsidence in the country, IRNA quoted Ansari as saying. Successful ...

The accelerated rate of groundwater withdrawal in eastern Virginia contributes roughly 25% to the area's sinking land mass.

When water is extracted faster than it can be replenished, empty spaces form underground, leading to land subsidence. The study linked the depletion rates of 1,619 Chinese aquifers to the extent ...