Venice continues slow sink, satellite readings show
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Venice is continuing to sink, albeit at a relatively slow rate of about 2mm a year, new satellite measurements show.
The famous City of Water in north-east Italy experienced major subsidence in the last century due to the constant extraction of water from below ground.
That was stopped and subsequent studies in the 2000s suggested the decline had been arrested.
But work by a US and Italian team indicates Venice is still descending, even tilting to the east slightly.
Check out - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17445936
That is some interesting new shit that has come to light. In a few thousand years it could be like Atlantis.
Quote from: Brother Joe on March 21, 2012, 05:46:06 PM
That is some interesting new shit that has come to light. In a few thousand years it could be like Atlantis.
I wonder how it will be until people begin leaving Venice and no longer living there? A few hundred years?