Groundwater and oil and gas withdrawal identified as primary cause for Houston suburbs' gradual sinking

Rebecca Hawley, for University of Houston:

Shuhab Khan, professor of geology at the University of Houston, led the study published in the academic journal Remote Sensing. His team found substantial subsidence in Katy, Spring, The Woodlands, Fresno and Mont Belvieu with groundwater and oil and gas withdrawal identified as the primary cause.

Oct 11, 2022