Research Shows Sinking Cities Can Recover When Groundwater Is Replenished
⏮ BeforeMany cities are sinking as groundwater is extracted faster than it is replenished.
✅ NowNew research shows the sinking can reverse when groundwater is replenished.
In short
- Too much water is pumped from groundwater beneath many coastal cities, causing them to sink.
- Sinking leaves these cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms.
- New research shows the process can run in reverse when groundwater is replenished.
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Sinking land makes coastal cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms. The new research suggests this damage is not necessarily permanent. The source text is cut short, so the scale, locations and methods are not clear here.
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Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them. This sinking makes these coastal cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms. But as our new research shows, this process can work in reverse; when groundwater is replenished, ... [continued] The post Cities Across the World Are Sinking Because of Groundwater Depletion. But the Process Can Be Reversed appeared first on CleanTechnica .
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