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This affects roads, pipelines, even the California Aquaduct.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another Tragedy of the Commons example<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/08\/californias-ag-land-sinking-hella-fast\/?mbid=social_gplus'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ZmgFZbi-tcJe0tc6OxjxVySLKLSWBDSsQN7H0D5CX9Bqhz5EgsxC8zi9SxBS4iBgKE4GkbV-QT57rsd1yJgM-aGa_FKGkc0_CdIRe0uSBPuHAZWcDOP9RZJVpOk9UCNVxO-VSUIYg3qZ=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/08\/californias-ag-land-sinking-hella-fast\/?mbid=social_gplus'>California&rsquo;s Ag Land Is Sinking Hella Fast<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Cjr47D8vRKt'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>_&#39;When you suck water, the land sinks. And when the land sinks, it really sucks.&#39; We&#39;re talking net subsidences, to date, in the 2-3 foot range, and areas where the measurement is showing over an inch a month. And we&#39;re not talking about a dip in the field. This affects roads, pipelines, even the California &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/21\/the-central-valley-has-that-sinking-feeling.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Central Valley has that Sinking Feeling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-weather-and-climate-change"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45134,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/11\/the-frayed-boot-of-louisiana.html","url_meta":{"origin":127571,"position":0},"title":"The Frayed Boot of Louisiana","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Sep-14 5:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A lengthy, fascinating, and terrifying essay on the growing inaccuracy of the traditional Louisiana \"boot\" shape, as land sinks from petrochemical extraction, shoreline wetlands wash away due to levees, and the water level rises. 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