Defying demolition orders, a Chinese man turned his home into a rickety 11-story tower. Now tourists are coming.

Use our map to search which San Antonio neighborhoods face the highest risk of land subsidence.

China’s revenue from selling land plunged to the lowest in a decade, contributing to the widening of budget deficit as the government ramped up spending in support of the economy.

Tehama County supervisors are meeting to take on land subsidence. Here's why the ground under Red Bluff, Corning and Antelope area is sinking.

A new study finds Detroit is among 25 populous U.S. cities who experience subsidence, their land sinking. In Detroit, the subsidence is caused by the ground relaxing after the weight of the ...

This slow-going subsidence is measured in just a handful of millimeters per year, but rising sea levels due to climate change complicates matters.

MAPS: Texas cities sinking The study provided maps of each city and where land subsidence poses the highest risks to infrastructure, as measured by vertical land motion (VLM).

The land underneath the largest cities in the United States is sinking, a phenomenon threatening buildings, roads and rail lines, according to new research.

Land subsidence, a common and significant consequence of groundwater pumping, often occurs in densely populated areas underlain by unconsolidated geological basins, such as alluvial, lacustrine, or ...

Since food security plays an important role in China’s social stability and development, the government has implemented a strict arable land protection policy, which includes improving land ...