Severe drought is causing the western US to rise like a spring uncoiling
Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 15:10
in Earth & Climate
The severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is changing the landscape well beyond localized effects of water restrictions and browning lawns. Scientists have used GPS data to discover that the growing, broad-scale loss of water is causing the entire western US to rise up like an uncoiled spring.