Sinking cities on the U.S. coastline are a real threat, study claims

The glaciers around our planet are slowly melting, releasing more water into the oceans. We’ve seen plenty of studies discussing what will happen if the ice shelves collapse, and many scientists are even trying to find ways to reverse climate change altogether. A new study claims that the U.S. Atlantic coast is sinking, raising concerns about iconic U.S. cities.

This new research is published in PNAS Nexus, and it looks closely at the subsidence rates of cities like Baltimore, New York, and Norfolk, stating that each of these cities is sinking at a rate of one and two millimeters…