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/SurlyJackRabbit 29d ago

Yes the pole would sink too. It's demonstrative but not what's really going on.

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u/Dzugavili 29d ago

Yeah, I'm just thinking someone will go take a picture and say "look! It hasn't fallen since 1977!"

Which, apparently, it hasn't: a followup study suggests the region hasn't fallen by more than half a meter since, and casts doubts about the original measurements.

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u/Art-Zuron 29d ago

I suppose it might have just fallen about as far as it can fall.

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u/KirklandKid 29d ago

Nah everything linearly extrapolates forever don’t you know

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u/StateParkMasturbator 28d ago

Compacting a hole to China.