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There is a "silent hazard" lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it. A new Northwestern University study has, for the first time, linked underground climate change to the shifting ground beneath urban areas.

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Hotspots beneath cities deform the ground, causing important infrastructure to crack under stress

Heat can cause the ground to swell and building foundations to slowly sink, particularly in the Loop, but that hot air can be captured and turned into energy.

The earth beneath our major cities is heating up, morphing in ways that could damage buildings, bridges, and transport systems.

According to the researchers computer simulations, warmer temperatures can cause the ground to contract beneath the weight of a building.

A new study showed for the first time that "underground climate change" causes the ground beneath urban areas to move, expand and contract.

Yay, another way climate change is affecting us.

Researchers are blaming underground climate change for cities in the US to sink. Heat from ground structures is causing the ground to deform, resulting in buildings and infrastructure to shift.

US researchers have pointed out the danger that the subsurface impacts of climate change could have on the foundations of city buildings.