The water of the Venice Lagoon grows 5 millimeters per year, so it can be submerged in 2150, and the use of the barriers system that protects it from the floods, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV). along the Mediterranean coasts “, deepens in the case of Venice and launches a call” to the sensitization of the population, the interested parties and the political leaders “. The level of the tide in the lagoon rises to a rhythm of half a centimeter per year, from the 4.22 millimeters of the lid Chioggia, according to the statistics of the Municipality’s tides of the municipality of the last twenty years, crossed with satellite data and other research institutes. With this data, the INGV estimates that in the area of Punta della Salute, in 2150 the rise in water will fluctuate between 60 and 150 centimeters, which means “which in the worst case, the Piazza San Marco would be constantly submerged by 70 centimeters of 70 centimeters of 70 centimeters Water “, as well as” much of the western zone. ” “Not to mention the floods, whose frequency increases rapidly: 24 between 2009 and 2013 above 110 centimeters compared to 58 between 2019 and 2023,” it is explained in the report. “The results of the study highlight the current and future trend of sea level and the possible flood scenarios in case of absence of the protection provided by the Experimental Electromechanical Module (MOSE)”, the barriers system that since 2020 successfully protects the city of Venice “of the increasingly numerous high tide events.” INGV scientists highlight “that a broader participation in public processes is desperately needed to translate political tools into concrete actions that help vulnerable areas to adapt to the increase in the level of the expected sea by the end of this century.” “The results of the latest investigations show the high exposure of the Mediterranean coasts for the effects of the increase in sea level and the extreme meteorological effects caused by the recent global warming linked to human activities,” says Tommaso Alberti, co -author of the study. And although in the case of Venice “although it has been shown that the Mose system is effective in mitigating events with historical analogues, additional measures may be required to address the potential damage of unprecedented events.” According to the worst possible scenario, in the year 2150 the sea level could increase up to 3.47 meters above the reference level of the dizziness station of Punta della Salute. Giudecca, in case of extreme high tide events, similar to those occurred in 1966 and more recently in 2019. Flood, with a significant impact on the population and historical heritage. ”
