New York City, famous being the city that never sleeps, could soon be known as the city that sinks.
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New geological research found that the more than 1 million buildings in the Big Apple – which weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds – are causing the city to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“New York faces significant challenges from flood hazards; the threat of sea level rise is three to four times higher than the global average along the Atlantic coast of North America,” the report reads. “A deeply concentrated population of 8.4 million people faces varying degrees of hazard from inundation in New York City.”
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