New geological research warns that the weight of New York City’s skyscrapers ... buildings weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds — to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water.

For instance, a stadium key to the annual U.S. Open tennis tournament has been steadily sinking over time, requiring a lighter roof to reduce its weight. One runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, ...

NEW YORK — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks that New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and ...

Here’s how it works. The combined weight of New York City's buildings may be causing the metropolis to sink, researchers have said. However, there may be other reasons why the city is sinking ...

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

According to the study, Houston is the fastest-sinking city in the nation, with "more than 40% of its area subsiding more ...

The study calls this “creep deformation” — basically, the sand is slowly rearranging itself and sinking under the weight of all those massive buildings. From 2016 to 2023, the buildings in ...

According to EPI, just 5.5% of Minnesota families can afford infant care, based on a federal standard that says a family ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

For instance, a stadium key to the annual U.S. Open tennis tournament has been steadily sinking over time, requiring a lighter roof to reduce its weight. One runway at New York’s LaGuardia ...