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New York City is sinking due to its million-plus buildings, study says

New York City is sinking due to its million-plus buildings, study says

Heavy rainfall from recent major hurricanes like Ida have inundated the city, and some of the effects of urbanization "have allowed water to come in," say experts.
(CNN) — New York City is sinking under the collective weight of all of its buildings, a new study has found. This gradual process could spell trouble for a city around which the sea level has been rising more than twice as fast as the global rate — and is projected to rise between 8 inches and 30 inches by
A new study published in the journal ‘Earth’s Future’ compared satellite data to the geology beneath Manhattan and it showed that the city is collapsing into the earth.

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