At least 65 percent of urban areas in 25 major cities are sinking, with some local spots dropping by about two inches a year, ...

Cities in California make up a significant proportion of the country's most polluted metropolitan areas when it comes to air quality, according to a new report.

Continuing a trend that has dominated the past decade, Southern and Western cities experienced the fastest population growth ...

The surrounding regions of New York City, Los Angeles and Philadelphia were ranked among the dirtiest major metropolitan ...

In every city studied, at least 20% of the urban area is sinking – and in 25 of 28 cities, at least 65% is sinking. The ...

While land sinking less than an inch per year might not seem like much on paper, small shifts in land can have big effects.

The new study looked at the 28 most populous cities in the U.S. and 25 of them are experiencing subsidence, or land sinking, each year.

Census Bureau data show that most major cities increased in population, reversing a downward trend sparked by pandemic deaths ...