In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimeters—or about two-fifths of an inch—per year. Parts of Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking more than 5 millimeters per year. While ...

Some of the biggest U.S. cities are sinking, and one Texas city is sinking faster than the others. Known scientifically as land "subsidence," the most common cause of the sinking is "massive ongoing ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- The Columbia Climate School has found that Houston is the fastest sinking city out of 28 cities examined in its recent study released May 8. Columbia Climate School is part of ...

Houston is sinking faster than any other city in the U.S., according to a new study from the Columbia Climate School—and the problem may only be getting worse. This study, published in the journal ...

HOUSTON — Houston is sinking, and it’s doing it faster than any other major city in the country, according to a new report released in Nature Cities this week. The study was done by researchers at ...

Groundwater and oil extraction are causing the ground beneath Houston to sink faster than any other major city in the U.S., according to a new study in Nature Cities. A group of researchers from ...