San Francisco International Airport (SFO), built on reclaimed land over former marshes, faces heightened risks from land subsidence and sea-level rise — a growing concern as much of the ...

Data: Ohenhen, et al., 2025, "Land subsidence risk to infrastructure in US metropolises"; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals San Francisco is sinking, and new research shows it's more widespread — and ...

San Francisco is one of several major cities in the United States that's sinking. Researchers from Columbia University found ...

A new study reveals that uneven land subsidence could impact 29,000 buildings across the America's most populated ...

An alarming new report reveals that right across the country, 28 US cities are sinking, showing the kind of geologic ...

At least 20 per cent of the urban area was sinking by at least 2mm per year. These include cities like New York, Chicago, ...

The study found Detroit has sunk by approximately 10.2 millimeters, or about 0.4 inches, from 2015-2021, based on an average ...

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

San Antonio is considered among the fastest-sinking cities in the United States, according to a geological study.

The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, ...

San Francisco is one of several major ... University found that the city is in a so-called "fast-sinking zone." Leonard Ohenhen, the study's lead author, joined us for more insight into what's ...