Study: Detroit's Land Is Sinking at a Rate of 1.52 Millimeters per year... Does It Threaten Infrastructure? - Sadaalwatan

Detroit: A new study published in the scientific journal Nature shows that the ground in Detroit is sinking faster than most other major US cities, recording a subsidence rate of about 1.52 millimeters per year—roughly the thickness of a typical credit card. Researchers at Columbia University and Virginia Tech examined data from private satellites that map and measure the Earth using microwave radar and studied how the measurements changed betwe…