Space-Based View Confirms Mexico City's Rapid Sinking
TL;DR
NASA’s NISAR satellite, using data from Oct 2025–Jan 2026, shows Mexico City sinking at about 24 cm per year (with hotspots like the airport and Angel of Independence), driven by groundwater pumping on an ancient lake bed and threatening subway, drainage, and historic monuments; the findings provide a powerful, global example of subsidence and a basis for mitigation and alert systems.
- NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking ScienceAlert
- US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence NASA Science (.gov)
- Mexico City Is Sinking So Fast It Can Now Be Watched In Real-Time From Space IFLScience
- Mexico City has been sinking for over a century. A new NASA satellite is now watching it happen in real time ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Mexico City Sinking Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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