Climate Change’s Silent Hazard: Major Cities’ Buildings Are Sinking, Warns Study

Cityscape skyline view over the River Thames and rooftops and River Thames towards the financial district of the City of London, England, United Kingdom.Researchers found the ground is deforming beneath our feet and many apartment and office blocks were not designed to handle it.Buildings in older cities are most at risk, said scientists who added: You don’t need to live in Venice to live in a city that is sinking. PHOTO BY MIKE KEMP/GETTY IMAGES

Buildings in some of the world’s major cities are sinking due to a “silent hazard” of climate change, warns a new study.

Researchers found the ground is deforming beneath our feet and many apartment and office blocks were not designed to handle it.