8 May 2010 - I read an amazing fact in today's newspaper: some parts of
Mexico City are sinking 40 cm per year. Mexico City is one of the biggest, most densely populated mega-cities in the world, and its an ongoing challenge to provide all inhabitants with access to safe drinking water. Today, the city is sucking up water from the natural sources at twice the rate they are being replenished. Experts raise concerns that buildings may collapsed and the cities' infrastructure is under threat. I always thought Holland was on top of the list to go under in times of change and global warming (or maybe Maldives or Bangladesh), but at this stage Mexico City will go first. Will Mexico City be the new Atlantis?
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