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Groundwater extraction causing alarming urban subsidence across India’s megacities

New research published in Nature Sustainability warns that India’s largest cities are sinking at alarming rates, threatening the safety of thousands of buildings and millions of residents. The study,...

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Iran’s heritage sites threatened by accelerating land subsidence, experts warn

Centuries-old monuments across Iran are facing increasing risks from land subsidence driven by decades of groundwater over-extraction, according to scientists and cultural-heritage officials. Sites o...

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Research finds humans exceed climate as the main driver of Arizona’s groundwater loss

A recently published study indicates that human groundwater extraction in Arizona has become a greater factor in aquifer depletion than climate change alone. The research highlights that while climat...

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Alaska’s coastal villages devastated by flooding from Typhoon Halong remnants

The remnants of Typhoon Halong brought destructive winds and catastrophic flooding to western Alaska over the weekend, damaging homes and displacing hundreds across remote coastal communities. The st...

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California expands groundwater and subsidence monitoring statewide

California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has launched a major expansion of its groundwater monitoring program, paired with enhanced subsidence measurement efforts, to better track how aquifer...

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Bhutan’s extreme rainfall triggers floods and landslides: Regional impacts and Tala Dam safety concerns

A powerful low-pressure system that originated in Nepal and moved across the Himalayas into Bhutan on October 5 has brought severe rainfall, flooding, and landslides across the region. Southern Bhuta...

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Arizona Flooding Leaves Four Dead and Exposes Vulnerabilities in Mining Region Settlements

Severe flooding struck Arizona in late September 2025, leaving four people dead and prompting widespread emergency operations. The rural community of Globe, a 19th-century mining town located about 8...

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Repair of massive 50-meter sinkhole in Bangkok enters new challenge after structural breach

In the early hours of September 26, emergency efforts to stabilize the massive sinkhole in front of Vajira Hospital on Bangkok’s Samsen Road were paused after approximately 1,500 tonnes (around 700 c...

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Mercury and Arsenic Hotspots Identified in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Belt

A year-long assessment by Pure Earth and Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority sampled soil, water, crops and fish across six of Ghana’s 13 mining regions. Results show mercury in soils at Konon...

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Massive 50-meter sinkhole swallows road in Bangkok

A road collapse in central Bangkok has produced a sinkhole approximately 50 meters deep and covering some 900 square meters, disrupting traffic, damaging infrastructure, and prompting evacuations in...

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