{"id":226222,"date":"2026-03-19T01:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226222\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:39:12","slug":"san-francisco-is-sinking-at-a-rapid-pace-nasa-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/226222\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco is sinking at a rapid pace, NASA data shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA is out with a dire warning about San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The city is sinking at a rate so fast, it could put human life at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scientists used satellite data to study vertical land motion from 2015 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Findings revealed that regional studies substantially underestimate sea level rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NASA projects more than double the expected rise by 2050.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/feature\/bay-area-2050-impacts-climate-change-local-environment\/14828815\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&#039;Bay Area 2050&#039;: Impacts of climate change on the local environment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">&#8216;Bay Area 2050&#8217;: Impacts of climate change on the local environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bay Area 2050, explore what the region will look like as climate change raises temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Experts say environmental changes and frequent extreme weather could increase that even more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.ads8163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the findings from Science Advances here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the findings from Science Advances here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the findings from Science Advances here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/131c44567cfd550c1c93df1368fb6896.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you&#8217;re on the ABC7 News app, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here to watch live;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here to watch live&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here to watch live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA is out with a dire warning about San Francisco. 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