Have you ever been to Venice? Such a beautiful city… But the combination of heavy buildings and rising sea levels mean that this beautiful city is regularly inundated by acqua alta. The waters rise, the sirens sound, and out come the duckboards so the people of the city can walk around. Maps of the projected effects of rising sea levels make the long-term future of Venice look very bleak, indeed.
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