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Back|Jusqu’à 22 cm par an : pourquoi les grandes villes du monde s’enfoncent progressivement
Jusqu’à 22 cm par an : pourquoi les grandes villes du monde s’enfoncent progressivement
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Le Figaro Actualités·10/14/2026·Science·1 min read·🇫🇷France·

Jusqu’à 22 cm par an : pourquoi les grandes villes du monde s’enfoncent progressivement

Une étude publiée dans la revue Nature Cities cartographie pour la première fois l'affaissement des sols dans 465 métropoles mondiales grâce à des données satellitaires.

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Une étude menée par des chercheurs chinois et publiée dans Nature Cities évalue la subsidence des sols dans 465 villes mondiales de plus d'un million d'habitants entre 2014 et 2023, révélant des risques accrus pour les infrastructures et les inondations.

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L'étude publiée le 12 octobre dans Nature Cities analyse des données satellitaires recueillies entre 2014 et 2023.

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Que ce soit à Mexico, dans la ville iranienne d’Ispahan ou à Medan, en Indonésie, le sol d’un grand nombre de villes du monde s’affaisse progressivement. Ce phénomène, appelé subsidence, peut endommager les bâtiments, les réseaux souterrains d’assainissement et d’évacuation des eaux usées, mais aussi accroître les risques d’inondation le long des littoraux ou dans les centres urbains traversés par des cours d’eau.

Une étude publiée le 12 octobre dans la revue Nature Cities évalue l’ampleur de ce phénomène. Une équipe de chercheurs issus d’universités chinoises a réalisé une cartographie inédite de l’affaissement du sol dans 465 villes de plus d’un million d’habitants à travers le monde, grâce à des données satellitaires recueillies entre 2014 et 2023 qu’ils ont analysées par interférométrie radar. Cette technique, appelée InSAR, permet de mesurer les déplacements du sol au fil du temps en comparant des images satellitaires prises à différentes dates. « En répétant les observations au même…

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Une étude menée par des chercheurs chinois et publiée dans Nature Cities évalue la subsidence des sols dans 465 villes mondiales de plus d'un million d'habitants entre 2014 et 2023, révélant des risques accrus pour les infrastructures et les inondations.

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