#Drought is causing #Earths crust to rise in the West - About 63 trillion gallons of water have been lost to drought in the western United States, enough to blanket the region with 4 inches of water, according to a study published Thursday. Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of #California, San Diego, arrived at the conclusion by measuring the level of the earths crust with a network of GPS stations that is normally used to predict earthquakes. When water is lost because of a lack of rain and snow, the earths crust rises. The sensors show that the earths crust has risen an average of 4 millimeters in the western United States since last year and as much as 15 millimeters in the California mountains.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:49:33 +0000
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