Here's Where NYC Is Sinking

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The ground beneath New York City is sinking and rising across different areas, new research shows. The sinking has contributed to worsening flood risks, including at sporting arenas, roadways, and a busy airport.

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Humans have pumped so much groundwater from the Earth that it's actually caused the planet's axis to shift, a new study found

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Earth from space.
We're moving so much water from under the continents to the oceans that it's affecting our axial tilt, a new study found.

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Lost samples from a secret army base reveal that Greenland's ice vanished 416,000 years ago. That means it could melt way faster than expected.

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Two reserachers, Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway, lean over a grey-brown piece of core with engrossed looks on their faces. The man on the left is pointing with a gloved hand to something on the core we can't see, he appears to be saying something.
Lyle B. Hansen and Chester Langway inspecting the sub-ice core from the Project Iceworm drilling.

Photograph by David Atwood, U.S.

The remains of long-lost climbers are appearing as climate change melts glaciers

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Ice on a glacier melting into dripping water.
A melted glacier revealed the remains of a long-lost German mountain climber this month.

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Climate change is killing off a vital ocean current system and it could spark permanent droughts and extreme winters, scientists say

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A NASA image depicting storms in the Atlantic Ocean.
Monsoon patterns could be just one of many weather patterns disrupted by the collapse of this vital current system.

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Photos show how a Medieval English village with a 14th-century church and historic lighthouse is crumbling into the sea

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The end of a tarmac road shows the devastation caused by coastal erosion of the cliff face in the village of Happisburgh on November 06, 2019 in Great Yarmouth, England.
The end of a tarmac road shows the devastation caused by coastal erosion of the cliff face in the village of Happisburgh on November 6, 2019.

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Photos show how rising sea levels are washing away a small seaside town in North Carolina

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Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.
Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.

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