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23 maj 2023 · New York City is sinking under the weight of all of its buildings, a new study found. It aims to show how high-rise buildings in coastal areas could contribute to future flood risk.
29 wrz 2023 · Sinking threatens the metropolitan area, researchers said, with the sea level at The Battery, a park in Manhattan, rising 0.12 inches per year in the 1900s.
Midtown Manhattan’s skyscrapers are largely built on rock, which compresses very little, while some parts of Brooklyn, Queens and downtown Manhattan are on looser soil and sinking faster, the study revealed.
26 maj 2023 · New research published on May 8 in Earth’s Future suggests that the weight of the city itself is pressing down on the land it occupies and contributing to local sea-level rise that increases...
15 cze 2023 · Flooding trends have prompted many low-lying coastal cities to invest in protective infrastructure – building seawalls, raising roads, creating artificial barriers, dikes and reefs. These...
21 maj 2023 · GPS data suggest lower Manhattan is sinking, or subsiding, at the rate of about 0.08 inch (2.1 millimeters) per year. The reason for this could be natural. During the coldest parts of the...
27 maj 2023 · Researchers say the city of Manhattan is sinking at a rate of two millimetres a year. Steve D'Hont, one of the authors of the study, says many coastal cities are experiencing the same sinking problem.
