Instead, Texcoco’s deserted ex-lake has become home to an immense ecological experiment close to the heart of Mexico City. Weeks after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in ...

Riding the Metro in Mexico City feels weird ... depends on the underlying sediment in a given part of the city—the ancient lake didn’t neatly layer equal proportions of clay and sand in ...

In Mexico City, the rate of subsidence is alarming, with some areas sinking at a rate of up to 20 inches per year. The city’s foundation, built on the ancient lakebed of Lake Texcoco ...

But the crops thriving here, in the suburbs of Mexico City ... earlier — and now proponents say that these ancient engineering wonders could provide an important, sustainable food source as the city ...

"This great system [chinampas] is all that's left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archaeological zone," Cruz said. "If we ...

In the south of Mexico City lies a complex lake and canal system dotted with ... Traditional cultivation techniques such as milpa, an ancient method of growing a wide range of crops in a limited ...

“This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco is a living archeological zone,” Cruz said.

Ancient Deity, Pet and Endangered Species ... “This great system (chinampas) is all that’s left from the lake city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, so I always tell our visitors that Xochimilco ...