Rising Waters: Our Dynamic Earth
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- Jacquelyn DeMink
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- Katie Jepson
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Universal Production Music: "Patisserie Pressure" by Benjamin James Parsons [PRS]
Complete transcript available.
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Rising sea levels can also be compounded by sinking land. Land can compact as people pump water, oil or natural gas out of the ground. The Mississippi River Delta, for example, is essentially drowning as sinking ground is combined with higher sea levels. NASA is studying this case with a field campaign designed to study how sediments are accumulating on the delta.
Universal Production Music: "Patisserie Pressure" by Benjamin James Parsons [PRS]
Complete transcript available.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Jacquelyn DeMink (USRA) [Lead]
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Writer
- Kate Ramsayer (Telophase)
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Producer
- Katie Jepson (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Aerial videographer
- Michael Gleeson (None)
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Narrator (spanish)
- Angélica Ospina (None)
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Science support
- Kelly Brunt (Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/University of Maryland)
- Lambert Caron (JPL)
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