For the last several years, scientists have warned of the sinking ground beneath cities along the Gulf Coast.Known as subsidence, it?s a strange phenomenon that gradually deflates the surface of the ground as groundwater is pumped from beneath. The threat has been mostly noted in cities along the coast, where underground soils are largely composed of a sandy clay. Central Texas lies 130 miles from the coast, but that doesn?t mean parts of it ? Bastrop and Lee counties in

Source: Could groundwater pumping cause the ground to sink? It’s possible, scientists say