New York city sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, eight million at coastal flooding risk: Study
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New York City is sinking about 1-2 mm per year, from the weight of its skyscrapers, finds a study showing that the increasing sea level rise could put its over 8 million population at risk of coastal flooding. The study, published in the journal Earth's Future, showed that the city faces accelerating inundation risk from sea level rise, subsidence, and increasing storm intensity from natural and anthropogenic causes.
