“Keep in mind every time you build something there you push down the ground a little bit more.”
Are the oceans rising, or are we sinking? It’s both, apparently—at least in New York City. A new study has found that the immense weight of the Big Apple’s skyscrapers and infrastructure is squeezing down the land beneath it, pushing the city closer to sea level,reported.
But don’t worry: Manhattan isn’t about to become Atlantis overnight. The city is sinking by just 1-2 millimeters per year, the study found. “It wasn’t a mistake to build such large buildings in New York but we’ve just got to keep in mind every time you build something there you push down the ground a little bit more,” a scientist who led the study said.
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