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Severe Drought Explains Ground Level Rise in Western US
2014-08-22 18:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is causing the region's ground level to literally rise up, according to a new study. The loss of groundwater has been so extreme that it lifted the West an average of one-sixth of an inch since 2013, according to the study, published in the journal Science. More than just browning lawns, the research shows that the lack of water is causing an "uplift" effect as Earth's tectonic plates shift. California's snow-starved mountains...
Drought in Western U.S. Has Caused Land to Rise, Researchers Say
2014-08-22 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The western U.S. has lost so much water during the ongoing severe drought that the land has sprung up by as much as 15 millimeters (0.6 inches), according to a study in the journal Science. Water at the surface of the earth typically weighs down the land, but the region has lost enough water that the tectonic plate underlying the western U.S. has undergone rapid uplift, much like an uncoiling spring, researchers explain. California's water deficit over the past 18 months has caused some of its mountain...
Sexual offences rise by 20% on UK railways
2014-08-22 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The British Transport Police (BTP) has reported that the number of sexual offences on the UK's rail network has increased by more than 20%, when compared with the previous year.
VIDEO: The rise of the water meter
2014-08-21 20:37:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
By next spring, 50% of all homes will have a water meter because of compulsory water metering.
US existing home sales rise for 4th straight month in latest sign of housing rebound
2014-08-21 16:58:22| Real Estate - Topix.net
Sales of existing U.S. homes rose for the fourth straight month in July to their highest level in nearly a year, the latest sign that the housing recovery is picking up after stumbling at the start of the year.
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