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Major Chinese Cities Are Rapidly Sinking, Posing Serious Consequences


New satellite data reveals that a third of China's urban population faces the threat of city subsidence. According to researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, sinking land is overlooked as a hazard in urban areas globally. In an invited perspective

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