Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests.

The findings point to heightening near-term flood risk for more than 236 million people, but river delta flooding is an issue ...

Researchers analyzed 40 deltas across five continents, including the Mississippi, Mekong, Nile and Ganges–Brahmaputra systems ...

From the Nile to the Mississippi, sinking land is compounding sea-level rise. A new study pinpoints where deltas are dropping ...

Of the 40 deltas studied, most areas are sinking rather than rising. In over half of the deltas, the average subsidence ...

Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater ...

The assessment spanning 40 delta regions worldwide has identified the three in eastern India among 19 where land subsidence — ...

JAKARTA: Jakarta faces an escalating threat from land subsidence, which experts warn could leave parts of the city underwater ...

Many people in the San Joaquin Valley have seen the ominous photo: It depicts a person standing next to a telephone pole that bears a series of signs labeled with years. Way at the top of the pole is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parts of Tehama County, including areas around Red Bluff, Corning, and Antelope, are sinking. — a condition that could cause ...

Prediction of global land subsidence (a) and zoomed in for North America (b), South America (c), Europe and North Africa (d), Middle East (e) and South, East and South-East Asia (f). Credit: ...