Friends in India are in great trouble as its 28 major cities are sinking, which is why
According to the study, about 34 million people live in masked areas. Of the 25 cities, at least 65% of the regions are sinking.
Representative Image: Pixabay
Land under the 28 most populous cities in the United States is sinking. These cities include New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Washington Post Report. According to new research, sunk threatens the structural integrity of buildings, roads, dams and other forms of infrastructure. It is called settlement and does not happen in the same way in every place. The study by Virginia Tech researchers, published Thursday in the journal Nature City, used satellite-based radar measurements to visualize the movement of land beneath these cities.
Why does this happen?
This, the study claims, occurs primarily due to groundwater extraction. The researchers say demolition of groundwater causes 80% sinking across the city. According to the study, about 34 million people live in masked areas. The most widely declined cities include: Chicago, Dallas, Columbus, Ohio, etc.
At least 20% of urban areas are sinking, the researchers said. Of the 25 cities, they found that at least 65% of the area was sinking and that more than 29,000 buildings were located in “high and extremely high damage risk areas, indicating a greater likelihood of infrastructure damage”.
Texas is home to the fastest fields in the country, which is also a lot of oil and gas. Houston (Texas) is the fastest city among researchers, with 42% of its land area landing faster than each year, the researchers found.
Read | Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal bought a stake of Rs 170,84 crore in this Chinese company, whose business is…
