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Foto de una casa que es más baja por un lado que por otro. La casa está cubierta de graffitis.
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La extracción de agua subterránea está causando el hundimiento de la CDMX

by Humberto Basilio 12 December 202314 December 2023

Investigadores aseguran que saber cuánta agua está siendo extraída es crucial para resolver la crisis de infraestructura y de abastecimiento de agua en la capital.

Photo of a house that is lower on one side than another. The house is covered in graffiti.
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Groundwater Pumping Is Causing Mexico City to Sink

by Humberto Basilio 5 May 202312 December 2023

Researchers say knowing how much water is being extracted is crucial for addressing infrastructure and water supply crises in the capital.

The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan
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Mapping Teotihuacan’s Past, Present, and Future

by Humberto Basilio 6 January 20229 May 2023

A new lidar project reveals how mining and urban expansion have put one of Mexico’s most iconic cultural heritage sites at risk.

Debris covers a densely populated hillside community in Cerro del Chiquihuite, Mexico.
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Surviving on the Periphery of a City of Earthquakes

by Humberto Basilio 19 October 20219 May 2023

Mexico City is one of the most disaster-prone urban areas in the world. Following an earthquake, marginalized communities living on the city’s periphery are exposed to more dangers than just collapsing buildings.

Ilustración que ejemplifica la Cuenca del Valle de México, los diferentes componentes del subsuelo, líneas que indican el nivel de subsidencia y las direcciones de los flujos de recarga del acuífero al 2020
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La inminente crisis del hundimiento del suelo en la Ciudad de México

by L. O’Hanlon 12 May 20219 May 2023

Una nueva investigación revela la causa del rápido hundimiento y fracturación del suelo de la Ciudad de México.

Schematic showing how ground and groundwater are moving in the Valley of Mexico.
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The Looming Crisis of Sinking Ground in Mexico City

by L. O’Hanlon 22 April 20219 May 2023

New research reveals the cause of Mexico City’s rapidly sinking and fracturing ground.

Collapsed building in the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City after the M7.1 Puebla earthquake on 19 September 2017.
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Lessons from Mexico’s Earthquake Early Warning System

by R. M. Allen, E. S. Cochran, T. J. Huggins, S. Miles and D. Otegui 17 September 20189 May 2023

The devastating 2017 Puebla quake provides an opportunity to assess how citizens perceive and use the Mexico City earthquake early warning system.

Workers in Mexico City search for survivors after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook on 19 September 2017.
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Were Mexico’s September Quakes Chance or a Chain Reaction?

by R. Skibba 30 January 20189 May 2023

Last year, two major earthquakes—one 12 days after the first—shook Mexico. New analysis blames this very unlikely event on chance. But one of the pair may have triggered a third large nearby temblor.

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