The Problem of Venice:[we are all Venetians now….]

Ray BradleyDept of GeosciencesUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst

Source: Camuffo and Sturaro, 2003

~75cm

Global sea-level

Venice: relative sea-level

Source: Rahmstorf, 2007

Projected sea-level change (eustatic) with temperature changes of 1.4 - 5.8°C

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 Sperimentale Elettromeccanico

20m

“Expensive, hazardous and probably useless.”--Gianfranco Bettin, Venice’s deputy mayor

~110cm (above datum =~87cm above present mean sea-level)