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    https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/a-perfect-storm-of-factors-is-causing-major-east-coast-cities-to-sink-what-are-they-and-can-we-do-anything-about-it


    "In some areas of Asia, the subsidence has become so unsustainable that it is forcing cities to move. The Indonesian capital Jakarta —- a megacity of about 11 million people — has sunk more than 8 feet (2.5 meters) in the past 10 years, leading the government to make drastic plans to relocate the country's capital to the island of Borneo."

    "Cities along the Atlantic coast — including New York, Boston, and Miami — are sinking into the ground."

    Not coastal but the same deal: "Mexico City, the most populous metropolis in North America, has sunk too low for us to save it, according to new research. After centuries of water drainage from underground aquifers, the lake bed on which this city sits has grown increasingly dry, causing the clay sheets to compress and crack at a largely unstoppable rate."

    BTW... Arctic sea ice does NOT contribute to sea level change....




 
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