Shuhab Khan, professor of geology, and his research team analyzed thousands of water and oil wells in the Houston metro area and uncovered significant rates of subsidence, or gradual sinking of the ground, in fast-growing suburbs.
Shuhab Khan, professor of geology, and his research team analyzed thousands of water and oil wells in the Houston metro area and uncovered significant rates of subsidence, or gradual sinking of the ground, in fast-growing suburbs.
With a $675,000 grant from NASA, researchers at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and the University of California, Irvine are launching a new flood risk assessment project focusing on sandy beaches and dunes.
