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- Groundwater-related subsidence - Wikipedia
Groundwater-related subsidence is the subsidence (or the sinking) of land resulting from unsustainable groundwater extraction It is a growing problem in the developing world as cities increase in population and water use, without adequate pumping regulation and enforcement
- Core Concept: Often driven by human activity, subsidence is a problem . . .
As farmers pump out water to irrigate crops, ground water levels drop and massive sinkholes can form, such as this one in Dover, FL, that formed after a freeze event in January of 2010
- The Vanishing Water: Ogallala Aquifer Depletion
To start, the intense agriculture operations being conducted with the water from the Ogallala has caused a noticeable decline in the water levels There are also some poor and outdated farming techniques still being used that cause mass amounts water to be wasted over time such as flood irrigation
- Scientists Map Loss of Groundwater Storage Around the World
Unfortunately, the pumping of groundwater can cause the ground surface above to sink, as the aquifers below are drained and the architecture of the ground collapses For the first time, a new study maps this loss of groundwater storage capacity around the world
- Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers . . .
However, in situ groundwater-level observations have rarely been analysed at the global scale because we lack a global compilation of in situ groundwater-level time series
- The Ongoing Collapse of the Worlds Aquifers - WIRED
When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle It's called subsidence, and it could affect 1 6 billion people by 2040
- Groundwater Decline and Depletion | U. S. Geological Survey
Groundwater depletion has been a concern in the Southwest and High Plains for many years, but increased demands on our groundwater resources have overstressed aquifers in many areas of the Nation, not just in arid regions
- Sinkholes - EarthDate
Without water in the pores and underground cavities to help support the ground surface, it collapsed, creating sinkholes The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas
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