NYC observed to be sinking every year due to buildings’ weight, study shows

A geographical study shows that New York City is sinking at an estimated 1-2 mm every year, and a major contributor to this is the weight of the buildings on it.published in the ‘Earth’s Future’ shared that the highly-dense city is sinking which is mainly due to the pressure of large buildings on the ground that impacts the soil that the city is built in.

According to the study, the city is subsiding at an estimated 1-2 mm each year, with other parts “subsiding much faster” – noting that it is not only Manhattan that is at risk, but also Brooklyn and Queens are sinking. “New York faces significant challenges from flood hazard; the threat of sea level rise is 3 to 4 times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast of North America,” the geologists wrote.

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