The Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Japan, built on two artificial islands in Osaka Bay, was once hailed as an engineering marvel. It is currently sinking.

The movement is slow — sinking on the scale of millimeters per year in the United States — but the effects accumulate over years. The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is ...

Cities from New York to Houston are sinking into the ground little by little, putting an estimated $109 billion of property at risk of flooding.

Subsidence, often called an "invisible threat," can damage infrastructure and increase flood risks. While some cities show slight uplift, it's negligible and doesn't negate the overall sinking ...

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

Indianapolis, like many other US cities, is continuously sinking. Some researchers fear it might impact drainage, flood management.

Why are all of America’s biggest cities sinking? A new study finds that the country's 28 most populous metros are losing elevation, from New York City to Seattle.

Nashville is sinking, according to a new study published in the British journal Nature Cities. Here's what to know.

The Jharia coalfield, one of India's largest and most fire-prone coal reserves, has witnessed underground mine fires and ...

In many Iranian cities, the ground is sinking due to land subsidence caused by the excessive extraction of water resources, putting lives and livelihoods at serious risk.