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Overseas Network May 18thAccording to the New York Post website reported on May 17, a new geological research report in the United States shows that new york is facing a serious problem of ground subsidence, and the weight of millions of skyscrapers in the city is causing it to sink into the surrounding water.
According to the research, there are more than one million skyscrapers in new york, which causes the city to sink at the rate of 1-2 mm per year, and the sinking speed is even faster in some areas. Among them, the risk of sinking in lower Manhattan is very serious, and the situation in Brooklyn and Queens is equally worrying.
Geologist Tom Parsons, chief researcher of USGS, said that the subsidence of the ground made new york extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. Parsons’ team wrote in the research report: "The Atlantic coast of North America faces the threat of rising sea level, and its threat level is three to four times that of the global average; Among them, new york City faces a serious threat of flood disasters, resulting in 8.4 million people facing different degrees of flood hazards. "
The report also mentioned that new york City has been affected by the ground subsidence since more than ten years ago, and two hurricanes swept through new york in ten years, causing serious damage and casualties. Parsons is worried that many building structures in new york may be eroded by seawater in the future, and said that the probability of high-intensity hurricanes hitting new york will increase in the next few decades. (Overseas Network/Zhang Ni Internship Compilation/Coconut Willow)