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American West is so dry that the land is rising
2014-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: f you live out West, you've likely noticed that things have been pretty dry lately. What you probably haven't noticed is that the ground beneath your feet is also a little bit higher in elevation -- an average of 4 millimeters higher, to be exact. It may be hard to believe, but new research using data from hundreds of different GPS stations shows it to be true: The current drought in the American West is so bad that the loss of water weight has actually caused the land to rise. Moreover, scientists...
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