Via Scoop.it – Geography Education

Venice, by virtue of its geographic situation will always be sinking as a course of nature.  A research team from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the UCSD has recently concluded that Venice is sinking 2 millimeters per year…not catastrophic on a single year basis, but threatens the long-term viability and sustainability of the location.

Urban ecology: what economic forces created the rationale for building Venice?  What environmental factors are threatening it?  Will economic or environmental forces will out?  For additional information on this story see: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-venice-hasnt.html

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