{"id":6670,"date":"2012-05-10T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:50","slug":"groundwater-depletion-contributes-to-sea-level-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/05\/10\/groundwater-depletion-contributes-to-sea-level-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundwater Depletion Contributes to Sea Level Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/05\/10\/groundwater-depletion-contributes-to-sea-level-rise\/beach-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beach\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6671\" title=\"Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach.jpg\" alt=\"Beach\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Beach-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study indicates that groundwater pulled from aquifers for drinking water, irrigation, and other uses has a measurable effect on sea level rise.<\/p>\n<p>The study published in <a title=\"Groundwater Contributes to Sea Level Rise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2012\/2012GL051230.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Geophysical Research Letters<\/a> shows that groundwater depletion has more than doubled in recent decades due to increased water demand.\u00a0 At the same time, fewer dams being built and the <a title=\"Glines Canyon Dam Removal (Video)\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2011\/11\/04\/glines-canyon-dam-removal-video\/\">removal of older dams<\/a> allows the groundwater to reach the ocean more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers estimate that by 2050, groundwater depletion will contribute 0.87 mm annually to sea level, for a total of 31 mm between 2015 and 2050.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=ocean&amp;photos=on&amp;search_group=&amp;horizontal=on&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1&amp;secondary_submit=Search#id=101646061&amp;src=20ccddc6aab1f3b056e70df31bdbcdd1-1-87\" target=\"_blank\">Beach<\/a> photo via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study indicates that groundwater pulled from aquifers for drinking water, irrigation, and other uses has a measurable effect on sea level 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