Mexico City is one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas
  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
    22·
    2 hours ago

    measured from satellites.

    Overall that means a yearly subsidence rate of about 9.5 inches (24 centimeters). Over the course of less than a century, the drop has been more than 39 feet (12 meters), according to Cabral.

    Holy shit.

    • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      10·
      2 hours ago

      I guess the “lucky” part is that it’s sinking evenly. Otherwise buildings would be collapsing all the time.

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    60 minutes ago

    That’s not impressive any more. We have laser ranging systems that can spot the vibrations of a butterfly landing from space. We can spot pretty much anything from space these days.