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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by rene_d on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @04:48PM (#45045034)
Asianomics released a video on how withdrawing groundwater can dramatically lower the elevation of entire cities — I was surprised by how large an effect just a couple of years of human activity can have.

China's sinking land problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu_Y4hJmqGE

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Re:Why 'rocks as big as cars' are flying down the Dolomites by gcanyon on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @06:10PM (#45045965)
California's Central Valley has subsided as much as 28 feet in the past century: 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 password4321 on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @05:09PM (#45045309)
Humans have pumped enough groundwater to change the tilt of the Earth (2023)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36366137

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