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    9 months ago

    Around 60% of Mexico City’s water comes from its underground aquifer, but this has been so over-extracted that the city is sinking at a frightening rate — around 20 inches a year, according to recent research. And the aquifer is not being replenished anywhere near fast enough. The rainwater rolls off the city’s hard, impermeable surfaces, rather than sinking into the ground.

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      9 months ago

      Why did you pull a full paragraph from the article and not put it in quotes, or otherwise indicate that the text wasn’t yours?