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In Focus, 1: "Parched and Sinking" Mexico City

By David Schonauer   Wednesday March 22, 2017

Always short of water, Mexico City keeps drilling deeper for more, weakening the ancient clay lake beds on which the Aztecs first built much of the city, causing it to sink. Climate change has brought more heat and drought, increasing the demand for water, notes the New York Times, which …

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