Discover why Venice—a magnificent city built on wooden foundations in a shallow lagoon—is facing an unprecedented existential ...

Venice’s lagoon has welcomed a new island despite worries about the city sinking over the next century (Getty Images) A small islet in Venice that used to only pop up during the summer months due to ...

Bacan is located off the shores of Venice offering a plot of land 820 feet wide and 33 feet long. The tiny strip of sand used to only emerge from the city’s lagoon in the summer when the waters ...

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - A long-delayed flood barrier successfully protected Venice from a high tide for the first time on Saturday, bringing relief and smiles to the lagoon city following years of ...

ROME, March 26. /TASS/. Venice could be completely submerged by 2150, according to one of the scenarios modeled within the framework of an international project of the National Institute of Geophysics ...

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VENICE -- Venice, as everybody knows, is sinking and has become chronically vulnerable to winter floods that make traversing streets a soggy hazard and endanger the city's priceless art and ...

A small islet in Venice that used to only pop up during the summer months due to high tides can now be enjoyed year-round thanks to the city’s flood barriers. Venetians have long enjoyed this secret ...