Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking at varying rates from human and natural factors. A few spots are rising.
had reported earlier on a similar study, which said that New York is sinking due to a natural phenomenon called subsidence, where heavy objects, like buildings, gradually settle over time or when dramatic changes in the Earth result in things sinking into the ground. The latest study doesn't allay these fears but confirms them.
The team’s observation of land changes occurred in areas where there were some modifications made to the Earth’s surface due to landfills or new land created from oceans, rivers, or other bodies of water.
The other hot spot recognized was the Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium in Queens, which is sinking at a rate of about 0.18 inches per year and required the construction of a lightweight roof during renovation to reduce its heaviness, according to the study.The natural processes aiding this sinking of New York City’s land date back to 24,000 years when most of today’s Albany was covered with a huge ice sheet. The team found that the area is sinking at a rate of 1.
“I’m intrigued by the potential of using high-resolution InSAR to measure these kinds of relatively short-lived environmental modifications associated with uplift,” said Robert Kopp, co-author of the study. This is important for the city’s flood planning, said David Bekaert, a JPL scientist and lead investigator of the project. The effects of climate change and global warming can be seen across the world. The year so far has been marred with unprecedented floods like in Libya and the record-setting Canadian wildfires. The researchers believe that high-resolution estimates of land motion can provide invaluable information for these efforts.
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