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The East Coast is sinking.
In May, we wrote that New York City is sagging by about 1–2mm per year, per a US Geological Survey study. That’s not all.
The so-called subsidence rate of the whole East Coast is as high as 5mm a year, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus and cited by Ars Technica this morning.
Even the very levees meant to protect people from worsening storm surges and climate change-induced sea level rise are sinking, say the researchers.
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