Harvey flooding forced Earth’s crust down by 2 centimeters

    New estimates show 275 trillion pounds of water fell in the Houston metro area during Harvey, causing the Earth's crust to deform and sink as a result of the weight, geologist Trevor Nace writes for F…


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