The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is home to 10 million people but it is also one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. If this goes unchecked, parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs and Democratic state lawmakers are pushing a plan to protect rural groundwater — and some local Republican ...

Land subsidence is a significant environmental issue that occurs when the ground sinks due to various factors, including groundwater extraction, mining, and natural geological processes.

There was a time when the water under Nick Sahota’s Terra Bella farm was free and abundant, supporting tidy rows of pistachio ...

Regarding subsidence, Water Board staff recommended limiting groundwater pumping near critical infrastructure, which one GSA has already done. The Westside Water District Authority in western Kern ...

Tokyo sank by almost 7ft (2 metres) until the practice of extracting groundwater from beneath parts of the city was halted and Venice also experienced major subsidence in the last century for the ...

Surfside town commissioners plan to discuss how to better regulate development of new projects to protect nearby buildings after a study found 35 high-rises along Miami’s barrier islands are sinking ...

Griffin’s House Bill 2088 would allow the department director to reevaluate those areas and rescind the designation if the ...

The P City Council is set to approve an action in which the city would leave the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency and join the P Irrigation District to form ...