Parts of New York City are among the country's most vulnerable to sea level rise due to climate change — the devastation of Hurricane Sandy made that fact abundantly clear in 2012. But the vulnerability is made even worse, though, by a separate issue ...

Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevation changes seem small—fractions of inches per year—they can enhance or diminish local flood risk linked to sea level rise.

A runway at LaGuardia Airport, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Interstate 78 are all sinking faster than the rest of New York City, scientists found - affecting flooding risks as sea levels rise.