Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space

Mexico City is sinking by astir 25 cm a year, according to caller outer imagery released this week by NASA, making it 1 of the world’s fastest-subsiding metropolises.

One of the world’s astir sprawling and populated municipality areas, astatine 7,800 sq. km and immoderate 22 cardinal people, the Mexican superior and surrounding cities were built atop an past water bed. Many downtown streets were erstwhile canals, a contented that continues successful the agrarian fringes.