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Scientists say New York City is sinking by up to four millimetres a year.
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Geophysicists from the United States Geological Survey calculated that.
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There are 1,084,954 buildings in the city weighing around 764 billion kilograms.
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Rising sea levels could make New York prone to natural disasters.
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Every additional high rise building could contribute to future flood risk.
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Researchers compared what is happening to New York to problems in Venice.
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Indonesia is building a new capital city from scratch because Jakarta is sinking.
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Seventy per cent of the world's population will inhabit cities by 2050.
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When you build a city and it gets full of people you end up with subsidence.
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New York City was emblematic of a place that people migrate to.
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