Researchers say New York City is sinking at a subsidence rate of about 1.6 millimeters per year. The neighborhoods that saw the most rapid vertical land motion from 2016 to 2023 are both in Queens.
When the Arthur Ashe Stadium was first built, it was outfitted with a lightweight cloth roof because the sinking land beneath the stadium could not support the weight of a regularly constructed roof, Brett Buzzanga, a post doctoral researcher at JPL and the California Institute of Technology, told ABC News.
The sinking is occurring due to a geological process known as glacial isostatic adjustment, Buzzanga said. Notably, all of the sinking hotspots previously served as landfills in the past, according to the paper.Highway 440 flooded in Jersey City of New Jersey, Sept. 2, 2021 as hundreds of cars stuck in water as Hurricane Ida left behind flash floods east coast.
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