This op-ed was co-written by two students who helped create a new climate change unit for seventh graders across California.

Jan. 6: The Central Valley Is Sinking At Record Rates. Researchers Propose These Solutions. January 6, 2025 • The land beneath the Central Valley has been sinking since the 1920s. New research ...

Parts of California’s Central Valley have been sinking for years, but a new Stanford study quantifies just how much the ground has given way in the past two decades.