As New York City sinks under the mass of its own weight, some hotspots are sinking faster than others, including LaGuardia Airport, Arthur Ashe Stadium and Coney Island, according to a new NASA report.
Researchers with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Rutgers University identified several key locations within the five boroughs that are sinking faster than the average 1.6 millimeters per year experienced by the rest of New York City.
LaGuardia’s runways and Arthur Ashe Stadium – home of the US Open – both saw the most rapid sinking from 2016 to 2023, falling at 3.7 and 4.6 millimeters per year, respectively, researchers published Wednesday in Science Advances.
Scientists warned that while the city’s sinking might seem slow, the addition of rising sea levels could prove disastrous during powerful storms like Sandy.
“Protecting coastal populations and assets from coastal flooding is an ongoing challenge for New York City,” the researchers wrote. “The combined effect of natural sea level variations and destructive storms is being increasingly exacerbated by ongoing sea level rise.”
Along with LaGuardia and Arthur Ashe, the study found that Interstate 78, which passes through the Holland Tunnel that connects Manhattan to New Jersey, was also sinking at nearly double the rate of the rest of the city.
The same was true for Highway 440, which connects Staten Island to the Garden State.
Other areas sinking faster include Coney Island, the southern half of Governors Island, Midland and South Beach in Staten Island, and Arverne by the Sea, a coastal neighborhood in southern Queens.
29 comments:
Global warming is a hoax. The oceans always got bigger. The ice always melted. The weather always got warmer.
This is all Hunter Biden's fault!
Censorship is real!
Prove me wrong ...
Rain? It always rained in New York. Therefore global warming is a hoax.
I blame space lasers.
The whole rising sea levels because of muh CO2 story is baloney. However, land IS sinking in certain areas more than others (continental drift, kids), which exhibits as sea level rise. In addition, the Hudson and other rivers deliver tons of sediment into the ocean annually, so that raises the floor of the sea which also exhibits as sea level rise, though it has nothing to do with fake "global warming." Pictures of the Statue of Liberty from 100 years ago show that the sea level has barely changed at all.
But since stupid and destructive "green energy" is a trillion dollar grift, we have to blame every natural process on "global warming" and "climate change" so we can keep the dollars flowing. Imagine if we spent 1/10000th on keeping the damn streets and sewers clean as we do on fake green energy, we wouldn't have the flooding in the city right now.
God is trying to wash the Filth away...
Hey hey mmm bopa bopa well down !
@NPC_doofus hit the nail on the head again!
A lot of Queens, esp the central part, is built on swamp landfill.
@“ God is trying to wash the Filth away...”
God is trying? Since When did an all powerful entity have to try? Obviously he’s getting too old for the job. He must either step down or face impeachment!
Yes Global warming is a hoax being played on the Tax Payers.
Plenty of fools out there. FJB
Change my mind. Climate Change is real ? Prove it....
It’s raining, therefore there’s no global warming.
Prove me wrong.
@“Hey hey mmm…”
Take a hike commie!
Now you have felon defendants posing for photos in gun shops. Crime is getting out of hand in this country.
@"In addition, the Hudson and other rivers deliver tons of sediment into the ocean annually, so that raises the floor of the sea which also exhibits as sea level rise"
I thought I had heard it all, but obviously not. Just wondering, is George Soros funding truck loads of sediment being dumped into the Hudson in upstate NY?
Are the Illuminati behind this?
@"Hey hey mmm bopa bopa well down !"
I agree.
@ NPC_translator
Thank you for injecting some comedy into this. It was getting way too serious for a while.
@“ Change my mind. Climate Change is real ? Prove it....“
Why waste time and energy on “Your mind”. You’re obviously not so smart, so live in your Fox News Fantasy land.
@"Are the Illuminati behind this?"
Possibly. You never know what those people get up to.
Some clown here wants to impeach God. What kind of drugs is he on?
Impeach Hunter Biden Now!
Didn’t Trump fix all this?
What's this with the Illuminati?
LGA and Arthur Ashe (Flushing Meadow) are built on landfilled swampland and marsh. I'm surprised they aren't sinking more than that.
@ "Didn’t Trump fix all this" He will soon...
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More ramblings from the Kweens Crap troll with the IQ of a can of soup.
@"More ramblings from the Kweens Crap troll with the IQ of a can of soup."
I enjoy Queen Crap, and JQ LLC isn't a troll. You really need to get a life.
Shut your pie-hole Troll
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