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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.