silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhy Mexico City’s thirst is causing it to sink: The demand for water in Mexico’s capital is draining its underground aquifers — and fueling some of the fastest subsidence rates in the world.wapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkWhy Mexico City’s thirst is causing it to sink: The demand for water in Mexico’s capital is draining its underground aquifers — and fueling some of the fastest subsidence rates in the world.wapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoAnd the city they built Mexico City on top of was in the middle of a damn lake
minus-squareBernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoAnd that lake used to have amazing water infrastructure and a floating city on top of it. I really wish they hadn’t drained the damn thing, maybe Mexico City could’ve been the Venice of the America’s, but nah, Conquistador gotta Conquest
And the city they built Mexico City on top of was in the middle of a damn lake
And that lake used to have amazing water infrastructure and a floating city on top of it.
I really wish they hadn’t drained the damn thing, maybe Mexico City could’ve been the Venice of the America’s, but nah, Conquistador gotta Conquest