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Scientists Try to Keep Venice Above the Waves

Posted by timothy on from the water-wings-will-go-dearly dept.

batkins writes: "According to this article in Scientific American, the ancient city of Venice could disappear beneath the sea within a few decades. The Italian government has initiated a program called Moses to help prevent the loss of the great city. Venice has been slowly sinking for years, but industrial meddling with its groundwater has quickened the pace. Project Moses will begin this December."

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  1. Prolonging the inevitable by uncoveror · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They are only prolonging the inevitable. The ancient city of Venice will just have to be abandoned. If you try to fight nature, you will lose.

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  2. Obstructive environmentalists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I notice from the article that "environmentalists" are desperately trying to stop anything being done. Am I the only one who thinks they *want* Venice to sink, so they can use it as a cause celebre for global warming (even if it actually sank due to plate tectonics).