New York is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, pavement and humanity itself at an average rate of about 1 to 2 millimeters per year.
A Northern California community sank more than 2 feet in nine years, the starkest example of how tapping groundwater in times of drought has caused parts of the Sacramento Valley to sink, according to a report from the state Department of Water Resources.“There’s a lot of weight there, a lot of people there,” Parsons said, referring specifically to Manhattan. “The average elevation in the southern part of the island is only one or two meters [3.2 or 6.
“It doesn’t mean that we should stop building buildings. It doesn’t mean that the buildings are themselves the sole cause of this. There are a lot of factors,” Parsons said. “The purpose was to point this out in advance before it becomes a bigger problem.” Already, New York is at risk of flooding because of massive storms that can cause the ocean to swell inland or inundate neighborhoods with torrential rain.Superstorm Sandy a decade ago“From a scientific perspective, this is an important study,” said Andrew Kruczkiewicz, a senior researcher at Columbia University’s Climate School, who was not involved in the research.
Its findings could help inform policymakers as they draft ongoing plans to combat or forestall the rising tides.A conversation with the California Coastal Commission’s newly appointed executive director on sea level rise — and the laws that safeguard our coast. “We can’t sit around and wait for a critical threshold of sea-level rise to occur,” he said, “because waiting could mean we would be missing out on takingNew York isn’t the only place sinking. San Francisco also is putting considerable pressure on the ground and the region’s active earthquake faults. In Indonesia, the government is preparing for a possible retreat from Jakarta, which is sinking into the Java Sea, for a new capital being built on the higher ground of an entirely different island.
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