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

Satellite data revealed that Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the U.S., and that all of the other biggest cities are ...

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

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

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

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 ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...

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

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% ...

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.