On Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:29:21 GMT, Jan Panteltje <
alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:
From NYC to DC and beyond, cities on the East Coast are sinking
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240102151937.htm
5 mm per year!
Mostly from drainage and pumping out groundwater.
Parts of New Orleans are sinking at 20 mm/year. The levees keep
Mississippi River silt from refreshing the land, and the rainwater is
pumped out. There's no rock, so everything sits on mush.
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