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Groundwater pumping is causing land to sink at record rate in San Joaquin Valley
4 weeks, 1 day 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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Joshimath: No increase in crack-width in last 3 days, says top official
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath: No increase in crack-width in last 3 days, says top official

Hindustan Times  

The State Disaster Management Authority on Thursday said that there has been no increase in crack-widths among buildings in Uttarakhand's Joshimath town in last three days. Read| Uttarakhand govt announces first relocations from Joshimath Informing about the recent meeting held between chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other top officials, Sinha said the CM instructed the Urban Development Department to …

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Joshimath: Residents Leave Pets Behind as Land Subsidence Prompts Evacuations in Sinking Town
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath: Residents Leave Pets Behind as Land Subsidence Prompts Evacuations in Sinking Town

News 18  

As Joshimath is reeling under a serious land subsidence issue, the Uttarakhand government has ordered the evacuation of people from homes marked “unsafe” in the sinking hill town. The number of houses that have developed cracks has now risen to 826 out of which 165 are in the “unsafe zone”, a bulletin from the Disaster Management Authority said. Meanwhile, two …

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Joshimath sank by 5.4 cm in 12 days, says ISRO report
1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath sank by 5.4 cm in 12 days, says ISRO report

The Hindu  

According to images released by the National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Uttarakhand’s Joshimath has witnessed a rapid subsidence of nearly 5.4 cm in the past 12 days. The images show the Army Helipad and Narsingh Temple as the prominent landmarks in the subsidence zone that spans the central part of Joshimath town. The signs of …

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ISRO's BIG WARNING! Satellite images show entire Joshimath town at risk of sinking
1 year, 11 months ago

ISRO's BIG WARNING! Satellite images show entire Joshimath town at risk of sinking

India TV News  

Joshimath sinking: The National Remote Sensing Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation has released satellite images of Joshimath. Image Source : ISROThe land subsidence was slow between April and November 2022, during which Joshimath had sunk by 8.9 cm What satellite images show? The satellite images also revealed that the Joshimath-Auli road is also going to collapse due to …

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Geophysical scientists from Hyderabad to study land subsidence issue in Joshimath
1 year, 11 months ago

Geophysical scientists from Hyderabad to study land subsidence issue in Joshimath

The Hindu  

A team of experts from CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute will be leaving for Joshimath in Uttarakhand, which witnessed land subsidence recently, to conduct subsurface physical mapping of the affected town, a senior scientist has said. Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, is facing a major challenge due to land …

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Mumbai is sinking!
2 years, 5 months ago

Mumbai is sinking!

Times of India  

Aditi Maheshwari is a freelance writer, and has been a student of Economics, Advertising, Marketing, Psychology and also of the Institute Of Company Secretaries Of India. MORE A study published in Geophysical Research Letters journal of March, by climate researchers at IIT Bombay revealed a sustained subsidence of land in the city of Mumbai ringing alarm bells for this Indian …

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