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Rising sea levels and sinking lands: a looming challenge for US coastal cities

Rising sea levels and sinking lands: a looming challenge for US coastal cities

In a recent study, Virginia Tech researchers uncover that sinking land, coupled with rising sea levels, threatens to flood 24 U.S. coastal cities by 2050, impacting half a million residents.

Moriah McDonald reports for Inside Climate News.

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pumping groundwater changed earth’s spin
Water Alternatives Photos/FlickrCredit: Chris 'Maven' Austin; see Mavens Notebook (www.MavensNotebook.com) and www.flickr.com/photos/mavensnotebook/

Pumping groundwater has changed Earth’s spin, study finds

Scientists knew the planet’s centerline could move. But it took a sharp turn sometime around the start of the 2000s.
Cities are sinking under weight of urban development
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Cities are sinking under weight of urban development

A new study quantifies what big buildings are doing to the ground beneath San Francisco and other cities, as sea levels rise. 
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