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The Problem of Venice: [we are all Venetians now….] Ray Bradley Dept of Geosciences University of Massachusetts Amherst. Global sea-level. ~75cm. Venice: relative sea-level. Source: Camuffo and Sturaro, 2003. Projected sea-level change (eustatic)
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The Problem of Venice: [we are all Venetians now….] Ray Bradley Dept of Geosciences University of Massachusetts Amherst
Global sea-level ~75cm Venice: relative sea-level Source: Camuffo and Sturaro, 2003
Projected sea-level change (eustatic) with temperature changes of 1.4 - 5.8°C Source: Rahmstorf, 2007
Number of gates: 4 rows at three locations (Lido, 2 rows; Malamocco, 1 row; Chioggia, 1 row) Number of individual gate sections: 79 (Lido, 41; Malamocco, 20; Chioggia, 18)
MOSE system: 2006-2011…? Modulo SperimentaleElettromeccanico ~110cm (above datum =~87cm above present mean sea-level) 20m “Expensive, hazardous and probably useless.” --Gianfranco Bettin, Venice’s deputy mayor