Mexico City is sinking faster than ever, new NASA data reveals
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Long recognized as one of the fastest-sinking sites in the world, today’s Mexico City is sinking by nearly 10 inches (about 25 centimeters) a year, and has sunk by nearly 40 feet over the past century.
This information comes from newly available satellite data released by NASA last week that was derived from the U.S.-India satellite project known as NISAR.NISAR uses advanced radar imaging — effectively a microscope in space — to measure changes in Earth’s land, ice, sea level rise and grou
This information comes from newly available satellite data released by NASA last week that was derived from the U.S.-India satellite project known as NISAR.NISAR uses advanced radar imaging — effectively a microscope in space — to measure changes in Earth’s land, ice, sea level rise and grou
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