A growing number of homes in Southern California are now at risk of sliding into the ocean, according to a new study by NASA researchers.
An analysis of the space agency’s radar imagery revealed that, during a four-week period in the fall of 2024, land in the residential area of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County slid toward the ocean by as much as 4 inches per week.
The research proves what many residents of the coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes already feared: the land in their neighborhood is sinking so fast that it is threatening the community’s own existence…