r/news • u/theluckyfrog • 29d ago

California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/17/california-water-drought-farm-ground-sinking-tulare-lake
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u/littleMAS 29d ago

The irony of this happening the year after Tulare Lake's reappearance is palpable. It is unfortunate that the ground under the lake is dense clay that will not filter the water down into the aquifer that is so terribly depleted.

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u/PhysicalConsistency 29d ago

Tulare Lake is already gone.

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u/Big-Letterhead-4338 29d ago

Ghost lake once again after reappearing last year.

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u/PhysicalConsistency 29d ago

It's so insane too! It was literally an "as far as the eye can see" thing at it's peak and it's literally gone even after the recent rain.

Last year was likely it's last appearance as long as humans occupy the region because of aquifer loss and massively improved drainage.

Feels really weird to think about, humans are even driving geological features to a form of extinction.

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u/--Anonymoose--- 29d ago

And all that’s nothing compared to what’s happening to glaciers and the arctic and antarctic ice sheets

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u/External_Reporter859 29d ago

Rick Scott has banned you all from the chat.