Did you know that Dallas-Fort Worth, home to over 8 million people, is sinking? North Texas residents are among roughly 34 million Americans whose cities are sinking into the Earth, according to a new report published in the journal Nature Cities.
Researchers used satellite-based radar measurements to analyze the rate of subsidence underneath our nation’s most densely populated cities.
The study found that all 28 of the U.S.’s most populous cities are sinking, posing worsening flooding risks and damage to urban infrastructure.
What did the study find?
The study found that in all 28 cities examined (each with a population of more than 600,000), at least 20% of the area was sinking, and in 25 of them, at least 65% was subsiding…