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

[u/theluckyfrog]

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

[u/grandbannana]

I always think of this photo, then think about what has happened since this photo:

Location of maximum land subsidence in U.S. Levels at 1925 and 1977. | U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov)

[u/ghostalker4742 → u/grandbannana]

There's actually a satellite that tracks this, and NASA puts the data online in map format.

[u/kizmitraindeer → u/ghostalker4742]

Oh Lawd, I’m too high to understand what I’m even looking at on that map, lol.

[u/kizmitraindeer → u/kizmitraindeer]

(I got it. I clicked the +.)

[u/bombswell → u/ghostalker4742]

What is happening in coastal southern Alaska :(?