Climate change, human activity rub salt into Venice's wounds

Warming seas and excavations within the Venice lagoon mean the exceptionally hig...

ROME - Warming seas and excavations within the Venice lagoon mean the exceptionally high flood waters in the city this week are also saltier, posing an extra threat to its architectural treasures.

The lagoon has always held a mixture of water from rivers which feed it and that which enters via openings to the sea. Rising sea levels brought about by climate change and the digging of new canals and other structures mean more salt water is coming in from the Adriatic. “The excavations of canals, in particular the one dedicated to oil tankers, have opened highways to the sea,” said Gianfranco Bettin, former deputy mayor of Venice and long-time leader of the Greens in the Veneto region.

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