Science
As sea levels rise, our land sinks
By Grace Lee | January 15From deadly, destructive fires in the West to major snowstorms across the Mid-Atlantic and South, extreme weather events have dominated these first few weeks of 2025. Among other causes, the influence of climate change in the uptick of such destructive events is a topic that has been spotlighted by many. Yet, climate change’s effects extend beyond immediate weather events into other harmful but perhaps less obvious phenomena. One such phenomenon is landsubsidence: the sinking of the ground as the materials below are disturbed. While a natural occurrence, subsidence has been exacerbated by heavy extraction of ground materials and other manmade causes.
