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4 weeks ago

Groundwater pumping is causing land to sink at record rate in San Joaquin Valley

LA Times

For decades, a costly problem has been worsening beneath California’s San Joaquin Valley: the land has been sinking, driven by the chronic overpumping of groundwater. The study by Stanford University researchers is the first to quantify the full extent of land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the world’s major farming regions, during the last two decades. In …

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Track subsidence to disrupt Groningen train taffic until at least Thursday

NL Times

Subsidence under railway tracks in Groningen will disrupt train traffic in the city until at least Thursday, a spokesperson for NS told RTV Noord on Monday. No trains will run between Groningen Central Station and Groningen Europapark, the route where ProRail discovered subsidence early Sunday morning, for all that time. “This means there will be no extra sprinters running between …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

No trains between Assen and Groningen outside rush hour on Monday due to track subsidence

NL Times

Due to a subsided track between the stations of Groningen and Groningen Europapark, no trains will run between Assen and Groningen outside rush hour on Monday, reports NS. According to a spokeswoman for the railway company, only a few sprinters will run between Assen and Groningen Europapark during rush hour. There were already problems on Sunday due to the subsidence, …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Problems with train traffic in Groningen due to track subsidence

NL Times

Due to a subsidence of the track, train traffic around the city of Groningen has been severely disrupted. No trains are running from Groningen to and from Zwolle, and train traffic in the direction of Veendam has also come to a standstill. According to rail manager ProRail, a track subsidence was discovered during maintenance work between Groningen Europapark and Groningen. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

China's largest single-unit coal subsidence PV base begins operation

China Daily

China's largest single-unit coal subsidence photovoltaic base, with a capacity of 3 GW, has begun operations in Otog Front Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region after 14 months of construction. Developed by CHN Energy Investment Group, the solar power station will be delivering renewable energy from the west to eastern provinces like Shandong, CHN Energy said. With a total …

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3 months ago

California cracks down on another Central Valley farm area for groundwater depletion

LA Times

California water regulators are cracking down on a second farming area in the San Joaquin Valley for failing to take adequate steps to curb overpumping that is depleting groundwater, causing the land to sink and damaging a canal that transports water for 1 million acres of farmland and more than 250,000 people. “It just strikes me that we really are …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Uttarakhand: Pagnau Village Swept Away As Heavy Rain Lashes Joshimath

News 18

Pagnau, a remote village in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, was completely destroyed as heavy rains lashed the area in the early hours of Saturday. The situation became increasingly dire due to continuous landslides and cracks in the terrain that have plagued the area since August last year. Where will we stay?” Last month, the National Green Tribunal ordered the …

Heavy Rain Chamoli Lashes Joshimath Uttarakhand Pagnau Village Temple

4 months, 2 weeks ago

After cave-ins, ‘sinking feeling’ in Lucknow’s Vikas Nagar

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW Seepage in Vikas Nagar’s sewer network, apparently marred by corruption, caused yet another cave-in on the road near the Gulachin Temple around two days back. A PWD official said the cave-in occurred due to continuous leakage from a trunk sewer line laid by the Jal Nigam below the coated surface of the road. PWD executive engineer Manish Varma said, …

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6 months ago

California lawmakers reject proposal to curb well-drilling where nearby wells could run dry

LA Times

Over the past several years, California’s water managers have seen a pattern emerge in farming areas of the Central Valley: Even as declining groundwater levels have left thousands of residents with dry wells and caused the ground to sink, counties have continued granting permits for agricultural landowners to drill new wells and pump even more water. In a recent report …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Four houses damaged as land sinks in Udhampur

Hindustan Times

Following the recent incident of land subsidence in Ramban district’s Pernote village, a similar phenomenon has hit Chenani village of Udhampur district, where three to four houses were damaged causing fear among the villagers, who have turned to the administration for help. We urge the administration to do something for us and provide us a house at a safe place.” …

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7 months, 1 week ago

More than a third of urban Chinese living in sinking cities, study finds

The Hindu

Across the world, many cities are slowly sinking. The problem is illustrated by a recent study by researchers in China which found that more than a third of the country’s urban population – some 270 million people – live in sinking cities. The authors analysed satellite-derived data from 2015 to 2022 across China’s 82 most important cities to produce accurate …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ramban land subsidence widens; around dozen houses in Dhalwas develop cracks

Hindustan Times

Following land subsidence in Pernote village of Ramban district, that caused extensive damage to over 30 houses on April 25, around a dozen houses developed massive cracks, this time in ward number 7 in Dhalwas Panchayat which falls just below the 1,000 metre long stretch of the road near Pernote. “In Ramban today, within a week of damage to about …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ramban land subsidence: Chief secy reviews relief, restoration measures

Hindustan Times

Chief secretary Atal Dulloo on Tuesday convened a high-level meeting to review the measures initiated for relief and rehabilitation in the area affected by the recent land subsidence in Ramban district. The meeting, among others, was attended by ACS Jal Shakti, principal secretary, Home, principal secretary, PDD, ADGP L&O, divisional commissioner, Jammu, commissioner secretary, FCS&CA, secretary revenue, secretary health, deputy …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

500 people rushed to safety after Ramban road sinking

Hindustan Times

A day after massive land subsidence damaged 24 houses in Pernote village and a 500-m road stretch between Ramban and Gool, at least 500 people have been shifted to safer places in government buildings and a panchayat ghar where they are being provided food, water, electricity and bedding, officials said. Ramban deputy magistrate Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary, who has set up a …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Traffic halted as link road sinks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban

Hindustan Times

A 500-m stretch of a link road was on Thursday damaged after a landslide in Ramban district around A 500-m stretch of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban-Gool Road caved in. “Also on the directions of deputy commissioner, Ramban, ambulance has been kept stationed on the site, men and machinery mobilised to restore the connectivity & power supply to the affected area,” …

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8 months ago

270 million people are living on sinking land in China’s major cities, new study finds

CNN

CNN — Land is sinking underneath millions of peoples’ feet in China’s major cities due to human activities, putting the country’s coastal areas more at risk of flooding and rising sea levels, new research shows. “Such massive coastal dike systems will largely reduce the risk of being inundated even given both land subsidence and sea level rise,” Tao told CNN. …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

State Grid Suzhou Power Supply powering green energy revolution in Suzhou

China Daily

A view of a floating photovoltaic power station on the coal mining subsidence area in Suzhou, Anhui province. In recent years, floating photovoltaic power stations have been introduced, presenting a new way to reasonably utilize abandoned water surfaces to generate green and clean energy. In June 2017, CECEP Solar Energy Technology invested a total of 500 million yuan to build …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Coastal cities are sinking in the US and pushing sea level rise into overdrive

CNN

CNN — Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported Wednesday. According to the researchers, this is the first study to combine the increasing threat of sea level rise with high-resolution measurements of sinking areas to determine which coastal …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 1000 buildings face demolition in Joshimath

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: Over 1,000 buildings, including both residential and commercial structures are set for demolition in Joshimath. Spread over four wards of the municipality, these buildings are located in high-risk zones that had borne the brunt of land subsidence in the past 18 months. Following a comprehensive survey, the Central Building Research Institute has deemed these buildings completely unsuitable and unsafe …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East Coast

Wired

Courtesy of Leonard O Ohenhen With each millimeter of subsidence, it gets easier for storm surges—essentially a wall of seawater, which hurricanes are particularly good at pushing onshore—to creep farther inland, destroying more and more infrastructure. “And it’s not just about sea levels,” says the study’s lead author, Leonard Ohenhen, an environmental security expert at Virginia Tech. “You also have …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

LA Times

Earlier this year, as floodwaters rushed toward the San Joaquin Valley city of Corcoran — home to roughly 20,000 people and a sprawling maximum-security state prison — emergency workers and desperate local officials begged the state for help raising their levee. In October, state water regulators announced they’re taking the first step toward putting the Tulare Lake region on “probation” …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Leaning tower’ in Italy closed off amid subsidence fears

CNN

Editor’s Note: Sign up to CNN Travel’s Unlocking Italy newsletter for insider intel on Italy’s best loved destinations and lesser-known regions to plan your ultimate trip. Streets around the Garisenda – one of Bologna’s “twin towers” perched together in the city center – have been sealed off as scientists monitor the monument for evidence of the structure cracking and moving. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Sinking reality: 201 Himachal villages facing subsidence, finds study

Hindustan Times

Having seen its worst ever monsoon in recorded history, Himachal Pradesh is now on the edge over another development -- 201 villages across the state are experiencing land subsidence. Prolonged wet spell causing land to sink As per geologists, the prolonged wet spell, spanning over five months, caused the soil to be become supersaturated, thus leading to land subsidence incidents. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Drawing the line: On information and risks underlying infrastructure development in Uttarakhand

The Hindu

The year began on a calamitous note with reports that the temple town of Joshimath in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand was ‘sinking’ and that cracks had appeared on residential and commercial structures. To address all these, the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority had commissioned eight reputed institutions to study the land-subsidence phenomenon from multiple angles. Surprisingly, it banned the …

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Groundwater pumping is causing land to sink at record rate in San Joaquin Valley

Track subsidence to disrupt Groningen train taffic until at least Thursday

No trains between Assen and Groningen outside rush hour on Monday due to track subsidence

Problems with train traffic in Groningen due to track subsidence

China's largest single-unit coal subsidence PV base begins operation

California cracks down on another Central Valley farm area for groundwater depletion

Uttarakhand: Pagnau Village Swept Away As Heavy Rain Lashes Joshimath

After cave-ins, ‘sinking feeling’ in Lucknow’s Vikas Nagar

California lawmakers reject proposal to curb well-drilling where nearby wells could run dry

Four houses damaged as land sinks in Udhampur

More than a third of urban Chinese living in sinking cities, study finds

Ramban land subsidence widens; around dozen houses in Dhalwas develop cracks

Ramban land subsidence: Chief secy reviews relief, restoration measures

500 people rushed to safety after Ramban road sinking

Traffic halted as link road sinks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban

270 million people are living on sinking land in China’s major cities, new study finds

State Grid Suzhou Power Supply powering green energy revolution in Suzhou

Coastal cities are sinking in the US and pushing sea level rise into overdrive

Over 1000 buildings face demolition in Joshimath

Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East Coast

Their land is sinking. But Tulare Lake farm barons defy calls to cut groundwater pumping

‘Leaning tower’ in Italy closed off amid subsidence fears

Sinking reality: 201 Himachal villages facing subsidence, finds study

Drawing the line: On information and risks underlying infrastructure development in Uttarakhand