Venice paradise at risk of being submerged

Rising sea levels could completely submerge the Italian floating city of Venice by 2100.

Flooding in Venice

Venice, a popular tourist destination along Italy’s northeastern coast, is at risk of sinking into the sea in less than 100 years as sea levels continue to rise. New research from Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology predicts that sea levels will rise by around 1.5 metres by the end of the 21st century, threatening to submerge much of Venice’s coastline, according to Express.

Over the past 1000 years, msea ​​wateronly rose about 30 cm in Venice.Researchers believe that the rapid rise in sea levels is a result of greenhouse gases. To understand how sea levels are rising so quickly, scientists studied millstones, large round stones used to grind grain during the Stone Age, collected along the coast near Venice.

"Cancient quarries along the coast"The Mediterranean Sea is useful for studying sea level changes over the past 1,000 years. The millstone quarry was exploited with the same techniques as other rocks such as sandstone," said a study by Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

From this, scientists can conclude how the location of the quarry has changed over the millennia, as well as identify the areas most threatened by seawater.

Much of Venice could be submerged in the next 100 years. Photo: Express.

In addition to Venice, many areas are at risk of being submerged by the end of the 21st century, including the coast along the northern Adriatic, the Versilia region in Tuscany, Fiumicino in Lazio, the plain around the Po River, Fondi, Sele, along with the coasts of Catania, Cagliari and Oristano.

According to VNE