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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Sinking as Aquifers Dry Up
2008-09-25
Iran is drawing groundwater faster than it can be replenished, causing large chunks of farmland to sink and rocking buildings off their foundations, according to a new study.
But on the bright side, we're going to be a nuclear nation soon!
Satellite radar observations indicate the water table has sunk an average of 1.5 feet annually during the past 15 years, sinking the unsupported soil above it.
Probably being used for all those centrifuges.
The loose, shaky soil exacerbates earthquake damage,
No, really? Hooda thunk it!
according to study author Mahdi Motagh from GFZ, the German Research Centre for Geosciences based in Potsdam, Germany.

The overdraws come from a growing population and an explosion
Insert bad pun here....
in industry and farming. Half of Iran's water comes from aquifers.

"This can only be mitigated by finding water elsewhere
For once, I don't think they mean Israel, which is also a desert. Anyway, if ImaDinnerJacket has his way, any water stolen taken from Israel will be slightly radioactive.
or by drastically reducing water use for agriculture, industry and personal use but not for the Mad Mullahs, the Army, and ImaNutCase, of course, neither of which will be easy in Iran or many other countries facing similar water crises," said Roland Burgmann, from the University of California-Berkeley, who was not involved with the study.
So of course he's an expert on it.
Iran's groundwater troubles -- as well as its subsequent sinking -- mirror problems faced worldwide, including in the U.S., where groundwater is in increasingly short supply in the arid Western states.
Yep, it's All Our Fault. I'm surprised they didn't blame the Jooooooooos.
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