Cities are sinking, and it’s making them more vulnerable to climate change

Lake Borgne on August 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Louisiana’s combination of rising waters and sinking land give it one of the highest rates of relative sea level rise on the planet. | Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images America’s coastal cities are sinking, putting more people at risk for flooding than urban planners might have expected with sea level rise alone.
The gradual sinking of land, also known a