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A new study published in Nature finds that many of the world's largest river deltas are subsiding more quickly than global sea levels are rising, putting hundreds of millions of people at potential risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Some cities are subsiding rapidly, with one in six exceeding 10mm per year.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024

And nothing about the way the Trojans have started the season suggests the tackling issues that started mounting last season are subsiding.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2023

Price pressures are subsiding as the U.S. central bank's fastest monetary policy tightening cycle since the 1980s dampens demand, and bottlenecks in the supply chains ease.

From Reuters • Jan. 12, 2023

The tabular plates are subsiding through the atmosphere—in fact, falling toward the earth.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various