He kneels to collect data of the "piezómetro" that monitor's the adjacent well's water level.
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
You see, in Cuatro Ciénegas, a decline in one "poza" (lagoon) never stays local. It ripples through channels and aquifers, unsettling the valley like a body whose circulation has begun to falter.
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
You see, in Cuatro Ciénegas, a decline in one "poza" (lagoon) never stays local. It ripples through channels and aquifers, unsettling the valley like a body whose circulation has begun to falter.
He kneels to collect data of the "piezómetro" that monitor's the adjacent well's water level.
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
You see, in Cuatro Ciénegas, a decline in one "poza" (lagoon) never stays local. It ripples through channels and aquifers, unsettling the valley like a body whose circulation has begun to falter.
Poza Churince in 1995 (© George Grall)
Poza Churince in 2025
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
He kneels to collect data of the "piezómetro" that monitor's the adjacent well's water level.
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
You see, in Cuatro Ciénegas, a decline in one "poza" (lagoon) never stays local. It ripples through channels and aquifers, unsettling the valley like a body whose circulation has begun to falter.
He kneels to collect data of the "piezómetro" that monitor's the adjacent well's water level.
The water depth drop is of a few centimeters in the last month—small enough escape notice, but to his trained eye, large enough here to signal a system losing coherence.
You see, in Cuatro Ciénegas, a decline in one "poza" (lagoon) never stays local. It ripples through channels and aquifers, unsettling the valley like a body whose circulation has begun to falter.