Comment by defrost
2 years ago
FFS is it to much to ask for a primary source?
Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...
or even the official press release?
https://news.agu.org/press-release/weve-pumped-so-much-groun...
Well yeah... but the linked page is 1.59Kb in size and if you visit the heavier version of the page at: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/groundwater-depletion-earths-ax... it includes your links in the HTML and a third link about past discussion.
The original URL for this was woeful, while it did link to your link above and via that to Geophysical Research Letters it still makes more sense to directly link to the actual primary source, either the ELI5 AGU press release or the actual paper in GRL.
HN has a technical audience that appreciates primary sources.
For what it is worth, starting out with "for fuck's sake" makes me think you are an asshole. It starts a combative relationship. Your comments work well without that. Better, I'd say.
I provided the original apparently shitty link (as measured by upvotes to your comment) to accomplish a secondary goal of introducing those who may enjoy it to the super minimal aggregator. I thought I was helping expose more fun stuff in the single submission.
You are absolutely right that the primary source is a much better link to provide. I'll do better in the future.
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