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 ...

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.

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 ...

But when groundwater is pumped out, the land above it sinks as if it is sitting on a deflating balloon - and this leads to land subsidence. Why Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking The situation ...

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

Accelerated land subsidence — or sinking — was observed after the drought of 2020-2022. Groundwater levels began to partially rebound in 2023. But it will likely require several more wet years ...

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 ...

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