THE very important question of subsidence resulting from mining operations has recently been discussed in a bulletin issued by the Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois.

Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global ...

In the Netherlands, like for many low-lying urban regions of the world, subsidence poses a silent but very real threat to many parts of the built environment. If we do nothing, the costs of damage ...

As climate change continues to intensify rising sea levels pose a significant risk to many coastal cities around the globe.

This study is a systematic review that combines both academic and policy sources to assess the state of smart cities in the Southern African Development Community. It found five major themes that ...

Scientists have uncovered dramatic shifts in California’s coastal landscape, revealing areas that are either sinking or ...

There were no official rules in California to stop property owners from pumping more water out of the ground. Groundwater limits were considered, but these couldn’t be enforced until 2020. Until ...

Through joint online classes, students from the School of Geography and Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI ... Professor Lovett explained: “Jakarta is literally sinking due to subsidence resulting ...

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I am a PhD student investigating how the earth observation technique of InSAR can be used to map the extents and rates of subsidence across Iran. Additionally, I aim to detect faults in subsiding ...

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