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Post by johnsmith on May 19, 2023 19:50:06 GMT
"New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found.
The Big Apple may be the city that never sleeps but it is a city that certainly sinks, subsiding by approximately 1-2mm each year on average, with some areas of New York City plunging at double this rate, according to researchers."
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Post by archer on May 19, 2023 21:47:07 GMT
They just need to add more stories underground to add some buoyancy.
Well, really these kinds of things are not a laughing matter, but 1-2 mm/yr seems pretty minor compared to sea level rise.
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Post by johnsmith on May 20, 2023 0:01:26 GMT
They just need to add more stories underground to add some buoyancy. Well, really these kinds of things are not a laughing matter, but 1-2 mm/yr seems pretty minor compared to sea level rise. LOL, funny! |
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Post by newtecher on May 20, 2023 1:37:03 GMT
They just need to add more stories underground to add some buoyancy. Well, really these kinds of things are not a laughing matter, but 1-2 mm/yr seems pretty minor compared to sea level rise. Sea level rise is also about 2 mm/year. Some models predict more in the future but it is controversial. |
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Post by johnberesfordtipton on Jun 4, 2023 13:29:52 GMT
Also:
"May 11, 2023: Venice has been sinking since its conception in the fifth century. However, this process was expedited between the 1950s and 1970s due to the city extracting groundwater from Venetian soil. This caused the city's soil to compress and sink."
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Post by yakers on Jun 4, 2023 13:56:31 GMT
Also: "May 11, 2023: Venice has been sinking since its conception in the fifth century. However, this process was expedited between the 1950s and 1970s due to the city extracting groundwater from Venetian soil. This caused the city's soil to compress and sink." Yes, there is a study underway to pump sea water in underground to push up the land a bit, if it works then only St Marks (the lowet point) would seasonally be a bit under water |
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Post by Norbert on Jun 4, 2023 14:07:09 GMT
Also: "May 11, 2023: Venice has been sinking since its conception in the fifth century. However, this process was expedited between the 1950s and 1970s due to the city extracting groundwater from Venetian soil. This caused the city's soil to compress and sink." Yes, there is a study underway to pump sea water in underground to push up the land a bit, if it works then only St Marks (the lowet point) would seasonally be a bit under water There's a National Geographic article about the study here: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120112-venice-flooding-travel-scienceUnfortunately it's dated 2012. However, another idea involving temporary damming seems to be working. www.phcppros.com/articles/17142-venice-italy-an-occasionally-walled-cityI'm not sure damming is feasible for NYC ... |
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