QUARTZ: The world’s coastal cities are sinking, but not for the reason you think

The world's coastal cities are sinking, but not for the reason you think
Coastal cities like Miami and Guangzhou face the prospect of massive flooding as sea-levels rise. Yet some cities are confronting an even more urgent threat of flooding than one brought on by climate change. A new study of 99 cities around the world published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, reveals some of the world's major cities are sinking even faster than the sea levels around them are rising.

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