Links to 2014 Science paper “Ongoing drought-induced uplift in the western United States” and selected media coverage.
Paper Abstract: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/science.1260279?ijkey=zeDTSY4EFNtgA&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
Paper Reprint: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/rapidpdf/science.1260279?ijkey=zeDTSY4EFNtgA&keytype=ref&siteid=sci
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-groundwater-20140822-story.html
National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140821-drought-california-west-gps-groundwater-science/
Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/epic-drought-in-west-is-literally-moving-mountains/
Smithsonian: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/californias-record-drought-making-earths-surface-rise-180952429/
Newsweek: http://www.newsweek.com/western-us-rising-due-drought-266137
Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/08/drought-making-ground-literally-rise-california
Climate Central: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/epic-drought-in-west-is-moving-mountains-17924
Science 2.0: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/is_severe_drought_causing_the_western_us_to_geologically_lift-143169