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A comment on Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal cities across the globe. Parent comment

Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by aaron695 on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:33AM (#14393864)
"A study published in 2009 by the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates that human factors are causing deltas in Asia and America to sink significantly. The study concludes that this problem is exacerbated by sediments being trapped upstream by reservoirs and dams, man-made channels and levees that whisk sediment into the oceans beyond coastal floodplains, and the accelerated compacting of floodplain sediment caused by the extraction of groundwater and natural gas."

People always mention 'rising sea levels' with loss of land but it seems to me the real issue is local human behaviour.

http://www.deltatimes.org/doc/deltatimes/turning-the-tide.pd...

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Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by geomark on Monday May 22, 2017 @07:46PM (#14397749)
Indeed. This is known to be a factor in the Bangkok area. Huge amounts of ground water are pumped from the aquifer and the land is subsiding as a result. It is making the a annual local flooding problem during rainy season worse, particularly when there is heavy runoff during a high tide.
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