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  "id": 151656,
  "title": "Abrupt transition to irreversible damage in the overdrafted Sacramento Valley aquifer system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/27/abrupt-transition-to-irreversible-damage-in-the-overdrafted",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-07-27T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2526041123?af=R"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceGroundwater extraction can cause both reversible and irreversible ground deformation, with the latter leading to permanent land subsidence and loss of groundwater storage capacity. Satellite observations of land surface deformation reveal that ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}