In 2010, Shanghai turned a polluted industrial brownfield into Houtan Park; its wetlands now clean up to 634,000 gallons of river water a day
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August 10, 2026
A similar vantage point pre-park construction and a similar vantage point post-park construction (Source: Kongjian Yu) In 2010, Shanghai transformed a polluted industrial brownfield into Houtan Park. Its wetlands now clean up to 634,000 gallons of river…
Shanghai has been sinking for decades, but something unseen underground is slowing it down | World News
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February 10, 2026
The city of Shanghai is sinking (Image source: Canva) Scientists have warned for decades that Shanghai, one of the world’s largest and most densely populated coastal megacities, has been slowly sinking due to the way humans use the land beneath it.…