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Either we stop global warming, or global warming stops us. “Sustainable socioeconomic development” is no longer on the menu.

Sink or Swim Just a few days before New York City experienced unprecedented flooding, NASA and Rutgers quietly published a report seemingly in response to a previous study suggesting the city might be sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers. Using remote sensing data from the last seven years tailored to the roughly 300 square […]

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The biggest battle at the Shore is over an offshore wind-power project pitting green-energy supporters against folks who think the only thing turbines will do is spoil the beach.

NASA space-based radar data shows the vertical motion of the land beneath New York City.

Between 2016 and 2023, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) used interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), a space-based sensing technique, to 3D map the vertical land motion of the ground beneath New York. They found that during this period, the city sinks an average of 0.06 inches (1.6 millimeters) per year.

Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. A few spots are rising.

Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2023 - Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevatio

Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 28, 2023 - Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevatio

A runway at LaGuardia Airport and Arthur Ashe Stadium are sinking up to 0.18 inches per year compared to the average 0.06 inches New York City dips each year.