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Researchers highlight the overlooked global issue of urban land sinking, driven by human activities such as groundwater withdrawal. Using new satellite data, they reveal the extensive impact, including on Chinese cities, urging the integration of this hazard into future urban resilience plans.
New satellite tools allow researchers to generate accurate, high-resolution measurements of sinking land, which represents a growing hazard all over the world. Credit: Illustration courtesy of Manoochehr Shirzaeirecent research using satellite-monitoring techniques shed light on the growing dangers of sinking land along the U.S. East Coast
Shirzaei and Nicholls expounded on this concept in the perspective article, focusing on three major points.The technique used to map consistent large-scale measurements of sinking land in China relied on space-based radar. Over the past decade, advances in satellite imaging technology granted researchers like Shirzaei the ability to measure millimeter-scale changes in land level over days to years.
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