Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released last week by the Department of Water Resources. The ...

When over-pumping of groundwater causes land in the San Joaquin Valley to sink, it tends to take home values with it, according to new research out of the University of California, Riverside. The ...

For decades, a costly problem has been worsening beneath California’s San Joaquin Valley: the land has been sinking, driven by the chronic overpumping of groundwater. As agricultural wells have ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new study from UC Davis says land subsidence, or sinking ground is speeding up in the Central Valley. The land is sinking at the rate of about one foot per year, primarily ...

Economic and Social Impacts of Land Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California Abstract: Extensive groundwater ...

In parts of the San Joaquin Valley, sinking land has become such a serious problem, it's beginning to depress home prices, new research shows. Homes in large portions of California's Central Valley ...

Many people in the San Joaquin Valley have seen the ominous photo: It depicts a person standing next to a telephone pole that bears a series of signs labeled with years. Way at the top of the pole is ...

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 ...

New research from scientists at Stanford University shows that the San Joaquin Valley is sinking faster than ever due to excessive groundwater pumping. Even though aquifers are plummeting and the ...

The California Department of Water Resources plans to issue new regulations requiring local groundwater sustainability agencies to take immediate actions to prevent more land from sinking due to ...

Newly released state guidelines on how to get a handle on subsidence, or land sinking, were received with mixed reactions after they were released by the Department of Water Resources on Thursday.

Temporal coverage of InSAR data, and the subsidence patterns they reveal, in the San Joaquin Valley. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01778-w A study ...