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<p>Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year &ndash; a decline at the ocean&rsquo;s edge that well outpaces global sea level rise, confirms new research from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Geological Survey.</p> <p>Particularly hard hit population centers such as New York City and Long Island, Baltimore, and Virginia Beach and Norfolk are seeing areas of rapid &ldquo;subsidence,&rdquo; or sinking land, alongside more slowly sinking or relatively stable ground, increasing the risk to roadways, runways, building foundations, rail lines, and pipelines, <a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/1/pgad426/7504900">according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences</a>.</p>

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