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

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, 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 ...

Scientists at Columbia University have found that the 28 most populous cities in the US are sinking, with 34 million people ...

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% ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the problem may only be getting worse. This study, published in the ...

A recently published study found that Houston is the fastest-sinking major city in the United States, with more than 40% of its land area subsiding faster than 5 millimeters per year. The study ...

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 ...

A major reason is too much groundwater is being pumped out, new research shows, threatening buildings and infrastructure nationwide.