A recent study shows most of the biggest cities in the country are sinking, and three Texas cities are doing so faster than ...

The issue is not limited to coastal cities ... The nation's fastest-sinking city is Houston, with more than 40% of its area dropping more than 5 millimeters (about 1/5 inch) per year, and 12% ...

A new academic study found nearly half of Houston's land is subsiding at least 1/5 of an inch each year, outpacing the ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the ...

A new study reveals that all 28 of the most populous U.S. cities are experiencing land subsidence, with many areas sinking at ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Columbia Climate School has found that Houston is the fastest sinking city out of 28 cities examined in its recent study released May 8. Columbia Climate School is part of ...

The study says that in all 28 cities they looked at (using satellite-based radar measurements) at least 20 percent of the ...

In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimeters—or about two-fifths of an inch—per year. Parts of Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking more than 5 millimeters per year.

HOUSTON — Houston is sinking, and it’s doing it faster than any other major city in the country, according to a new report released in Nature Cities this week. The study was done by ...