New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers,
new research finds. City is sinking approximately 1-2mm
each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise
and flooding threat, Oliver Milman, The Guardian, May 19, 2023
[www.theguardian.com]

Manhattan "sinking" under the weight of all those skyscrapers
Rob Beschizza, BoingBoing, May 19, 2023
[boingboing.net]

New York City building weight contributing to subsidence drop
of 1–2 millimeters per year by Bob Yirka, PhysOrg, May 19, 2023
[phys.org]

The open access paper is:

Parsons, T., Wu, P.C., Wei, M. and D'Hondt, S., 2023. The Weight
of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From
Anthropogenic Sources. Earth's Future, 11(5), no. e2022EF003465.
[agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com]
Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)