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SOURCE: IFLScience.com and NASA.

DATE: May 19, 2016

SNIP: NASA has confirmed that New Orleans and the surrounding areas are sinking at a much higher rate than previously thought.

While the fact that the region is sinking is not new, NASA have highlighted that the degree to which it is happening is much greater than previously thought, and that it could be putting certain regions at a much greater risk of flooding, as if there wasn’t a big enough one to begin with. It is hoped that the data can be used to attempt to reduce or reverse the subsidence in the most severely affected areas, as well as help with planning decisions for the future.