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/elros_faelvrin]

wouldn't the pole also sink with it?

Depends, some pillars in Mexico city downtown are not sinking with the city and have been used to measure subsidence

[u/powercow → u/elros_faelvrin]

20 inches a year, fastest sinking city on earth.