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Asianomics released a video on how withdrawing groundwater can dramatically lower the elevation of entire cities — I was surprised by how large an effect just a
by rene_d 1y ago
Asianomics released a video on how withdrawing groundwater can dramatically lower the elevation of entire cities — I was surprised by how large an effect just a couple of years of human activity can have.
China's sinking land problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu_Y4hJmqGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu_Y4hJmqGE
- password4321 1y agoHumans have pumped enough groundwater to change the tilt of the Earth (2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36366137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36366137
- gcanyon 1y agoCalifornia's Central Valley has subsided as much as 28 feet in the past century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_land_subsidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_land_subsidence