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Ground water loss in U.S. West causing Earth’s crust to lift

August 22, 2014 By Maria Gallucci International Business TImes

Aug. 22, 2014, California – The drought-stricken U.S. West is guzzling so much ground water that the
Earth’s crust is starting to “rise up like an uncoiled spring,"
California scientists said yesterday. In some places, it has lifted by more than half an inch, reports International Business News. | READ MORE