There's two neighboring towers that my friend and his brother work in:
One tower's foundation always has water running underneath it, from a subterranean spring (
https://www.nps.gov/articles/glacialtillandglacialflour.htm), so they built a drainage system under the bottom level of the parking garage with gravel and trench drains to a sump pump. It's built on a pier and you can actually hear the concrete slabs rock as you drive over them. (See pier and beam foundation).
The neighboring tower has a different geology so it doesn't have this problem. They just poured a concrete slab foundation.
All large structures have to have multiple soil reports to get permitted.
Houses in parts of Alaska and Siberia are built on pylons because of to permafrost or stilts in Louisiana for storm surges, ect.
For example, Husky Stadium and a lot of the high-rise towers around Seattle have a membrane in their foundation for water followed by a sump pump.
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New York for example is bedrock. The west coast has a lot of volcanic ash and sedimentary soil as foundation which is softer.
Say buildings on a beach for example -Generally depending on the sand make up augured holes are dug until firm ground is found and then concrete piers are poured in the holes. they are all attached to steel beams to attach the floor. I would look up some foundations for buildings built in Dubai. They have lots of sand there!
Charleston is on of the fastest sinking cities. Subsidence on the eastern seaboard is due to a process called glacial isostatic adjustment. Basically, when the Laurentide ice sheet receded after the last glacial maximum about 20,000 years ago, the continental crust that was below the ice sheet started to rebound and the continental crust that was bulging around its perimeter (eastern U.S.) started to subside. As mentioned in the paper, it is possible that this natural isostatic adjustment is being exacerbated by local-scale subsidence below larger cities.
Rain can replenish water tables but it depends on soil permeability, topography, land use and climate.
Extracting oil can cause land subsidence. The good news is - fracking might release built-up energy as small earthquakes, which could indeed leave the ground more stable. However, it could also dump the stress onto a fault that was already near rupture, and cause a large earthquake. Because earthquakes are caused by tectonics (giant rocks) pushing against each other creating stress and when the large rocks are broken up into small rocks they can act as roller bearings - The bearing analogy is part of it, but powders can also act as fluids, and thus as lubricants, without the particles "rolling".
How is hydraulic fracturing related to earthquakes and tremors? - USGS.gov
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Good news, though!
Some cities are not sinking and some mountains eroding while others are growing.
some Scandinavian capital cities and Vancouver, BC are built on solid bedrock.
While sea level is rising, the theoretical maximum height would be around 230 additional feet. Which is terrible BUT not Water World levels. This is if ALL the glaciers and ice caps completely melted.
There is still some uncertainty about the full volume of glaciers and ice caps on Earth, but if all of them were to melt, global sea level would rise approximately 70 meters (approximately 230 feet), flooding every coastal city on the planet. Learn more: USGS Water Science School: Glaciers and...
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Look up InQTel. The CIA were early investors in Facebook. It's the CIA's public venture capital fund. Not a conspiracy.
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Why are coffee, seltzer and unsalted almonds palette cleansers:
The oil in coffee will take out non-polar taste compounds, while the acidic water base takes out the polar taste compounds, and the bitterness activates your taste buds to be ready for new tastes. Almonds have oil and just a trace of bitterness, and seltzer water is slightly acidic, so it makes sense that it would be a similar taste cleanser to coffee.
