and the San Joaquin valley is subsiding at like AN INCH PER YEAR because of sucking out all the groundwater
A new study shows land in California's San Joaquin Valley has been sinking at record-breaking rates over the last two decades as groundwater extraction has outpaced natural recharge. The researchers found that the average rate of sinking for the entire valley reached nearly an inch per year between 2006 and 2022.
California was never a desert until the colonizers arrived. They drained the lakes and made it what it is.
and the San Joaquin valley is subsiding at like AN INCH PER YEAR because of sucking out all the groundwater
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/11/groundwater-pumping-drives-rapid-sinking-in-california