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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — A new NASA-funded study showed Boston's land sank unevenly between 2007 and 2020 as sea levels rose.
Researchers from Virginia Tech’s Earth Observation and Innovation Lab used satellite data and GPS sensors to map the motion of land along the East coast.
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The data showed Boston exhibited "variable subsidence," meaning some parts of the city sank more than others over the 13-year period.
“Subsidence is a pernicious, highly localized, and often overlooked problem in comparison to global sea level rise, but it’s a major factor that explains why water levels are rising in many parts of the eastern U.S.,” a Virginia Tech geophysicist told NASA's Earth Observatory.
WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas (@JamesRojasMMJ) reports.
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