A new academic study found nearly half of Houston's land is subsiding at least 1/5 of an inch each year, outpacing the ...

HOUSTON — Houston is sinking, and it’s doing it faster than any other major city in the country, according to a new report ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change ...

The study looked at 28 major cities and found that all of them are sinking, with Houston shifting down the fastest.

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a rate of 4 millimeters per year due to groundwater loss, a recent study found.

A major reason is too much groundwater is being pumped out, new research shows, threatening buildings and infrastructure ...

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.

Dallas and Fort Worth are sinking at a faster rate than any other inland city in North America, according to a new study from ...