Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites

Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by hinkley on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @01:43PM (#45042657)

I learned recently that parts of Malaysia are subsiding more than 20 times faster than Venice. Ground water depletion can cause a lot of issues and at least in theory we could stop that.

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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by burkaman on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @02:12PM (#45043025)

This is a problem across the whole planet: https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwate.... One thing I learned from that article is that the California Central Valley is 28 feet lower than it was 100 years ago because of groundwater depletion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_land_subsidence).

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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by BurningFrog on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:13PM (#45043778)

Jakarta is sinking by 5-10 cm per year on average, and the northern part sinks by 28 cm per year!

The ocean is rising by 0.45 cm per year.

This is one reason Indonesia is building a new capital city on Borneo.

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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by hinkley on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:57PM (#45044363)

Yes! Jakarta seems to be the worst. They’re trying to build a whole other city to replace it.

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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @03:04PM (#45043656)

And Miami.

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