An earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause parts of the coast to sink several feet, creating ongoing flooding risks in previously safe areas.

Despite its distance from the coast, San Antonio is slowly sinking into the ground, a new study reveals. Why it matters: Land ...

Largely due to groundwater pumping and shifting of land after the last ice age, major urban areas are subsiding, which could ...

A recent study led by Tina Dura, a geosciences professor at Virginia Tech, has raised significant concerns about the ...

The economy contracted for the first time in three years, but it doesn’t mean the economy is rushing toward a recession. At least not yet. Gross domestic product, the official scorecard of the ...