San Francisco is sinking, study finds. Posted: May 12, 2025 | Last updated: May 12, 2025. San Francisco is one of several major cities in the United States that's sinking.

The slow sinking of the nation’s biggest metropolitan areas — including parts of San Francisco — poses a growing hazard with vast socioeconomic consequences, researchers said in a new study.. Because ...

Areas in the Golden State are sinking. That's bad news for coastal cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. The study's lead author, Marin Govorcin, a remote sensing scientist at JPL, says in a ...

There is concern that some cities along San Francisco Bay are sinking at an alarming rate, according to a new NASA-led study examining the shorelines. Scientists used satellite radar to track more ...

An alarming new study by NASA has found that parts of California -- including San Francisco and Los Angeles -- are sinking into the ocean at a shocking rate, exacerbating the effects of sea level ...

San Francisco is sinking faster than sea levels are rising, scientists recently told NASA. ... a remote sensing scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the study’s lead author.

Study: Marin’s sinking areas exacerbate sea-rise ... the San Francisco Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission adopted a first-of-its-kind regional shoreline adaptation plan to help ...

Parts of some bayside communities in Marin are sinking at an accelerated pace, making them more vulnerable to threats from the rising sea, according to a federal study. Areas of eastern San Rafael ...