Latest / Science News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!
Ground Sinking: The Hidden Crisis | Science News
Ground is literally sinking beneath our feet—and it’s happening faster than you think. In California’s Central Valley, land has dropped nearly two meters in decades due to over-extraction of groundwater from aquifers, turning the earth into a deflated sponge. Mining and urban development on soft soils in cities like New York and Shanghai are accelerating the collapse. And here’s the worst part: many of these sinking cities are also coastal, making them doubly vulnerable to rising seas and catastrophic flooding. It’s a quiet crisis with massive consequences—proof that what we dig up…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.