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News Release 14-067
California Central Valley groundwater depletion slowly raises Sierra Nevada mountains
Changes may trigger small earthquakes, scientists find
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Water in Southern California's Great Valley flows along the California Aqueduct.
Credit: Bill Hammond
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The NSF EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory GPS network is providing millimeter-precision data.
Credit: NSF EarthScope Program
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The GPS station that's part of the NSF Plate Boundary Observatory is pictured on a Nevada summit.
Credit: Bill Hammond
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The Sierra Nevada has gone through kilometers of rock uplift over the last several million years.
Credit: Bill Hammond
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GPS station 311 in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, part of the NSF Plate Boundary Observatory.
Credit: UNAVCO
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Waning snowpack on the crest of the Sierra Nevada's Twin Peaks, near the Pacific Crest Trail.
Credit: Bill Hammond
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