Did you know? | The weight of New York City's buildings is about 1.68 trillion pounds.
The city is dipping about 1 to 2 mm per year, said researchers in a study published in the Earth's Future's journal.
While the structures continue to weigh down the city, increasing sea levels are exacerbating the issue.NYC in particular is also in danger of harsher flooding. All the while, greenhouse gas is breaking down the wind shear barrier along the East Coast, exposing NYC to more frequent high-intensity hurricane events in the coming decades.
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