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I learned recently that parts of Malaysia are subsiding more than 20 times faster than Venice. Ground water depletion can cause a lot of issues and at least in
by hinkley 1y ago
I learned recently that parts of Malaysia are subsiding more than 20 times faster than Venice. Ground water depletion can cause a lot of issues and at least in theory we could stop that.
- burkaman 1y agoThis is a problem across the whole planet: https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwate.... One thing I learned from that article is that the California Central Valley is 28 feet lower than it was 100 years ago because of groundwater depletion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_land_subsidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_land_subsidence).
- simonebrunozzi 1y agoAnd Miami.
- BurningFrog 1y agoJakarta is sinking by 5-10 cm per year on average, and the northern part sinks by 28 cm per year! The ocean is rising by 0.45 cm per year. This is one reason Indonesia is building a new capital city on Borneo.
- hinkley 1y agoYes! Jakarta seems to be the worst. They’re trying to build a whole other city to replace it.