IDK that seems scarier to me. If the whole thing is sinking evenly, what happens if/when whatever is holding it up gives way completely? Is the whole city going to fall into a sinkhole? Will there be stories of the lost city of Mexico City in a few thousand years?
All of the clay gets compressed which means the water can’t drain into the ground anymore and the underground drainage canals get damaged. And then the city turns back into a fucking lake after it goes between drought and flooding because the only way to create a surface water reservoir is to turn the now sunken city back into a goddamn toxic and polluted lake/marsh. That or attempt to geoengineer it into a desert which also defeats the purpose of human habitation. Eventually “fixing” the problems will become more expensive than what they’re worth for more development but nobody really knows where that inflection point lies for the valley of Mexico.
I guess the “lucky” part is that it’s sinking evenly. Otherwise buildings would be collapsing all the time.
IDK that seems scarier to me. If the whole thing is sinking evenly, what happens if/when whatever is holding it up gives way completely? Is the whole city going to fall into a sinkhole? Will there be stories of the lost city of Mexico City in a few thousand years?
There’s an aquifer under the city that supplies the city’s water which they’re pumping dry.
Yeah that’s what made me think, “what happens when there’s a giant cavity under the city and the water is gone?”
Best case: gradually sinking into a city sized sink hole.
Worst case: “aaaaahhh” crunch.
All of the clay gets compressed which means the water can’t drain into the ground anymore and the underground drainage canals get damaged. And then the city turns back into a fucking lake after it goes between drought and flooding because the only way to create a surface water reservoir is to turn the now sunken city back into a goddamn toxic and polluted lake/marsh. That or attempt to geoengineer it into a desert which also defeats the purpose of human habitation. Eventually “fixing” the problems will become more expensive than what they’re worth for more development but nobody really knows where that inflection point lies for the valley of Mexico.
I assume there’s a bottom at some point. Bedrock or something like that. But idk I’m not a geologist.