# New York sjunker
Author: Pyttelite

***New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of its vertiginous buildings, worsening the flooding threat posed to the metropolis from the rising seas, new research has found.***

***The Big Apple may be the city that never sleeps but it is a city that certainly sinks, subsiding by approximately 1-2mm each year on average, with some areas of New York City plunging at double this rate, according to researchers.***


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https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis

## Comment 1
Author: Pyttelite

***New York sjunker och översvämningshotet blir allt större.
En stor anledning är de alldeles för tunga skyskraporna.
Bara Empire State Building och Chrysler Building väger som 140 miljoner elefanter, enligt forskare.***

Läs mer här;



https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wAXEXd/new-york-sjunker-pa-grund-av-klimatet-skyskrapor-for-tunga

## Comment 2
Author: [Borttaget]

Oj då!