Researchers say knowing how much water is being extracted is crucial for addressing infrastructure and water supply crises in the capital.
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Mapping Teotihuacan’s Past, Present, and Future
A new lidar project reveals how mining and urban expansion have put one of Mexico’s most iconic cultural heritage sites at risk.
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Surviving on the Periphery of a City of Earthquakes
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.
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La inminente crisis del hundimiento del suelo en la Ciudad de México
Una nueva investigación revela la causa del rápido hundimiento y fracturación del suelo de la Ciudad de México.
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The Looming Crisis of Sinking Ground in Mexico City
New research reveals the cause of Mexico City’s rapidly sinking and fracturing ground.
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Lessons from Mexico’s Earthquake Early Warning System
The devastating 2017 Puebla quake provides an opportunity to assess how citizens perceive and use the Mexico City earthquake early warning system.
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Were Mexico’s September Quakes Chance or a Chain Reaction?
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.