Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA's study
Not all Californian coastal areas are moving lower. The Santa Barbara groundwater basin, which has been continuously ...
Scary NASA study reveals how major coastal cities are rapidly sinking into the sea
The speed is more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk,” Alexander Handwerger, a landslide scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said.
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Parts of California Are Sinking, and It Could Worsen the Effects of Sea-Level Rise, NASA Study Finds
The ground in many parts of the state—including Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Central Valley—is subsiding due to groundwater withdrawal, landslides and compacting of sediment ...