Groundwater and oil extraction are causing the ground beneath Houston to sink faster than any other major city in the U.S., ...

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over ...

From Houston’s rapid subsidence to rising tides in Galveston, Texas is grappling with serious environmental issues ...

(Fort Worth, Texas) - The first thing you think of when you hear the word sinking is a boat out on the water going under.

If you live in a major American city, the ground might be sinking beneath you. Ground beneath major U.S. cities —including New York, Dallas and Seattle —is slowly but steadily sinking, with more than ...

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

Rapid groundwater drainage is putting buildings and people within the country’s most populous areas at risk ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of 4 millimeters per year due to groundwater loss, a recent study found.

Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased ...

But coastal Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the country, with almost half of its area dipping more than one fifth of an inch per year. Some spots are sinking even faster — up to 2 inches ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a faster rate than any other inland city in North America, according to a new study from ...