UMass Lowell professor and hydrogeologist James Heiss joined GBHs All Things Considered host Arun Rath to help unpack whats happening beneath our feet. What follows is a lightly edited transcript.James Heiss: First, subsidence is a gradual lowering or sinking of the land surface. And, really, its been happening for thousands of years, and its going to continue for thousands of years in the future. But the issue is that humans have accelerated it.
Date: Dec 09, 2024
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James Heiss
Work:
University of Delaware - Teaching Assistant NASA - GIS, hydrology (2008)
Education:
University of Delaware - PhD, Geology, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania