New York City is sinking, study says: Huge buildings, rising seas contribute to subsidence

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Camille Fine, USA TODAY

 

The pressure from New York City’s massive buildings and skyscrapers is making the city more vulnerable to sink lower into the ocean, according to new research.

 

Three University of Rhode Island oceanologists and a researcher from the U.S. Geological Survey found that New York City, home to more than 8 million people, is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year while sea level rises.

 

With more than 1 million buildings amassing nearly 1.7 trillion pounds, some areas in the metropolis were found to be subsiding much faster when scientists modeled the subsidence caused by the pressure that these structures exert on the Earth.

 

Parts of lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island all showed signs of subsidence, the study said.

 

Full story: https://news.yahoo.com/york-city-sinking-study-says-161913946.html

 

[hotchilli]

do you wake up with that sinking feeling?

[mrfill]

Only 380000 years before the Empire State building disappears

[The Theory]

Sounds safer than bkk !!! ????