How to save Venice from sinking into the rising sea?

How to save Venice from sinking into the rising sea? | Focus on Europe

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4 ай бұрын

Venice has fascinated the world for over 1600 years. And for just as long, people have been scared of floods or worried that the city could sink into the sea. The latest attempt to protect Venice consists of 78 metal barriers that can be raised to separate the sea from the lagoon. The system is called MOSE. The flood barriers are working, but using them could put the surrounding lagoon is at risk.
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@lwilton 4 ай бұрын

How refreshing to see a public discussion of a major problem without all of the crying, screaming, swearing, and just general bad acting that seems to be the way even things like a torn fingernail are described in the media today. Well done!

@bcshain 4 ай бұрын

I was in Venice during heavy rains and St.Marco was covered with water. Water was everywhere. People were eating in restaurant and caffe shops with the legs in water.

@nholmes86 4 ай бұрын

great, good to know

@Hastdupech8509 4 ай бұрын

Cause MOSE gets in action after water reaches a certain level

@vtxgenie1 4 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful city, i hope they can save it and it's environment!

@legostud 4 ай бұрын

It’s not that simple. Once you remove too much groundwater, the soil compacts and then no longer absorbs groundwater.

@shankarnarayanan5447 4 ай бұрын

1:50 Lol.

@Fvejo 4 ай бұрын

Too shy

@skycloud4802 4 ай бұрын

Stalker: " alright gonna rob this old geezer. Oh nuts, I've been spotted."

@ilPeach 4 ай бұрын

I like there's no mention of the oil tankers and cruise ships that had forced to expand the access from the sea that is one of the main reasons for this problem.

@bodilsoldeberg5412 4 ай бұрын

4:14 - 😳 What a beautiful dude 🥰🥰

@AD-kq4hb 4 ай бұрын

Nicely done!! =)

@mchl3669 4 ай бұрын

0:45 can I pet that dawggggg 🥹

@howardcornwell9841 4 ай бұрын

We all saw you Miss!😂

@dilipaweeratunga 4 ай бұрын

I was looking for this😂

@robhappe906 4 ай бұрын

Ask the Dutch. They are under sea level for 500 years already

@pvermeulen6119 4 ай бұрын

Love the❤Dutch

@Ceramic_disc 4 ай бұрын

@@pvermeulen6119Love goes to the countries Taiwan 🇹🇼, Israel🇮🇱& Ukraine 🇺🇦. All of them need our support!

@artryanrock 4 ай бұрын

this generation of italians are more of living the "Dolce Vita" and the Government is corrupt so half of the projects remains unfinished

@newguy2794 4 ай бұрын

So are parts of Scotland

@artistalexanderrobbie 4 ай бұрын

And they have 0 nature

@grrumakemeangry 4 ай бұрын

venice is so beautiful

@dinahassan4320 4 ай бұрын

Venice is so beautiful city❤

@user-bo1ux2pv1l 4 ай бұрын

I think when the climate cooling down, the city will not have floods frequently, or they can build up some Dijk at the edge of the city for the short time defenses, there might be some other regions don’t want their mountains or old buildings.

@clement2780 4 ай бұрын

piazza san marco is tourism grand central

@mrnarason 4 ай бұрын

Stop with the mega cruise ships in the lagoon

@skycloud4802 4 ай бұрын

I think they have banned them now haven't they?

@soundscape26 4 ай бұрын

@@skycloud4802 I'm reading the ban is yet to be enforced.

@gaborrajnai6213 4 ай бұрын

Venice is built in the Po delta, and deltas are always sinking. Simply the sediments of the river put down there push the crust down. Noone can do anything about it.

@Tealice1 4 ай бұрын

Venice isn't in the Po delta and the sediment moved by a river like the Po is nowhere near enough to cause a continental plate to sink

@bensmith7536 4 ай бұрын

Venice is an absolute tragedy..... overrun with thousands of tourists, its a theme park, not a city.

@dustintacohands1107 4 ай бұрын

I wish we worried about plastic getting dumped everywhere more than this but big business loves plastic to much to let some governments regulate it

@simonirvine1628 4 ай бұрын

Time to sell up and get out..

@AmonTheWitch 4 ай бұрын

let it sink and turn it into a tourist attraction "ever wanted to visit atlantis? well say no more!"

@ExceptionalLibra 4 ай бұрын

You'll never be able to keep the water at bay. Accept the inevitable.

@Flickvids100 4 ай бұрын

An ecosystem will ALWAYS be more important than a city. Even one as beautiful and historical as Venice. If both can be done together, then great. If not...planet first. Always.

@sb782 4 ай бұрын

Yes let’s just move millions of people for animals, yes people will love that and won’t become more extreme especially rightwards

@skycloud4802 4 ай бұрын

If those people are forced to relocate (Venice is densely populated), then environmental green space will be reduced elsewhere, so it's not like the ecosystem will remain unaffected or intact elsewhere anyway.

@Flickvids100 4 ай бұрын

@@skycloud4802 Yes...maybe. Or one can relocate to cities and minimize the damage or...many options. But...I don't get the point of the comment. It is a bit obvious that relocating people has impacta and the pretension is to do less harm. Doing 0 harm is impossible.

@aleale6277 4 ай бұрын

Venice and her surroundings are one thing, without the lagoon there is no Venice.

@Flickvids100 4 ай бұрын

@@aleale6277 Exactly. Without ecosystems there is no people. They can cry and scream but...we depend on the planet, not the other way around.

@tahjayplays360 4 ай бұрын

Here’s how those barriers “should” work

@tobascogladiomatteo4843 4 ай бұрын

1:51 WTF 😂😂🤣

@andref8246 4 ай бұрын

Went to Venice in 2011 and i really just wish I'd gone somewhere else. Overcrowded, expensive and there honestly is more to see in other parts of Italy.

@prism560 4 ай бұрын

didnt like their ancestors used to just built on top of existing structures to beat the rising tides? they just need to do that again lol

@CaneBTC 4 ай бұрын

If they had hired Germans that water barrier would have been done 20 years ago at 10% of the cost, no camorra and less drama

@Cinnuhminn 4 ай бұрын

You must not be German. Venice will be drowning all the while Stuttgart 21 will still not be finished and Berlin is re-running its 13th attempt of the local election. (and the DB has still not renewed its rail network)

@XDF745 4 ай бұрын

@@Cinnuhminn The Dutch might make more sense.

@MondoProducer 4 ай бұрын

My kingdom for a Horse!

@clement2780 4 ай бұрын

americans , 30 cm is 12 inches or a foot

@aoikemono6414 4 ай бұрын

I didn't know climate change was 1600 years old!

@lwilton 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to reality. We've been coming out of a minor ice age for about that long. Before we were going into one, and things were getting colder.

@SACC_ 4 ай бұрын

It can't. Next question.

@clement2780 4 ай бұрын

can venice amsterdam barcelona athens survive without tourism or the crush of mass tourism? given that non europeans are banned from europe starting may 2025 by etias subject to date change all of europe has to drastically modify its economy away from hotels and souvenir stores and other tourist oriented industries

@RaySmith79 4 ай бұрын

Find a way to turn sea water into fresh water. So places like africa, the Caribbean, South asia, latin america can fresh water to drink. Turn the sea water into fresh water for farmers around the water.

@Hastdupech8509 4 ай бұрын

Those are called desalinisation plants and have their cons, including a huge energetic demand and what to do with the resulting amount of salt

@guavaguy4397 2 ай бұрын

For the love of the Lord, someone please just call the Dutch.

@MikeSamuelsII-ve8gp 4 ай бұрын

Nothing lasts forever, money is best spent elsewhere in Italy,

@PETERNELLIGANNELLIGAN-bi4ev 4 ай бұрын

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@DrMJT 4 ай бұрын

Extremely Poor Design... that is Not a solution to High Tides over time. It is as if it were built in the UK... British design and build everything to suit the 1800s, not the Now and Never the Future. MOSE will be totally useless by the 2030s when the sea level has increased to the point the High Tides of Today will be Lower than the Low Tide level in less than a decade. Mose could / should have been constructed with either lift up, swing over, etc with doors/gates that are at least Three Metres above the current highest high tide level. This would have it useful for generations instead of a mere handful of years... The Sea Level Rising was Fully Known about when Mose was conceived - long before it was constructed. I was always EH? WTF? what is this thing... Insufficient and built for the PAST.

@marcoAKAjoe 4 ай бұрын

First

@PETERNELLIGANNELLIGAN-bi4ev 4 ай бұрын

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@AmonTheWitch 4 ай бұрын

🤡🤡🤡

@micaiahm1 4 ай бұрын

The poster child for Global Warming is a city built on rotting logs in a marsh 🤣🤣

@Wulfieman 4 ай бұрын

For the logs to rot they would have to be in contact with oxygen, and since the logs are all buried in water and mud, the logs are pretty well preserved.

@aleale6277 4 ай бұрын

It's a lagoon, it's a shallow sea. Not a marsh.