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    Jim East@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 22 days ago

    More than one in 10 Americans lives in a sinking city, study finds

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    More than one in 10 Americans lives in a sinking city, study finds

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    Jim East@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@midwest.socialEnglish · 22 days ago
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    The 28 most populous cities in the United States are all at least partly sinking. That’s according to a new study from the Columbia University Climate School. Researchers used U.S. census data from 2020 to pinpoint the country’s most populous cities, which, combined, are home to roughly 39 million people or 12% of the U.S. […]

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      Well, in terms of geological timelines, we are all in a sinking city

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