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That Sinking Feeling: Rising Sea Level Isn't Cities' Only Water Worry
2014-11-01 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: Some of the worlds expanding coastal cities face a two-pronged threat involving water: Sticking giant straws into the ground to suck up freshwater can cause the ground below to sink at the same time that sea levels are rising. That interplay between subsiding land and rising seas highlights an underappreciated risk in global climate change, according to scientists. Its not known how many people live on coastal lands that are sinking due to excessive groundwater pumping, but about 150 million...
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