A History of Venice and its Flood Wall

A History of Venice and its Flood Wall

Posted by on May 4, 2023 in Stuff You Should Know, World | No Comments

Venice, Italy, is fighting a battle against the ocean that surrounds it. Rising sea levels and sinking land means that the city faces the constant threat of devastating floods. Luckily, Venice has developed a solution: the Experimental Electromechanical Module, or MOSE. But this system, which was fifty years in the making and cost five billion […]

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