Venice and its lagoon could face a future marked by extreme flooding if urgent measures are not taken to counter sea level rise and continued soil subsidence. This is the alarm raised by researchers from theNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) who, together with Italian and international entities, have conducted an in-depth analysis of the future of the Venetian capital.

The study, titled Multi-Temporal Relative Sea Level Rise Scenarios up to 2150 for the Venice Lagoon (Italy), was recently published in the scientific journal Remote Sensing and offered a dramatic projection for the lagoon city, one of the most iconic places in the world, for which sea level rise and land subsidence are increasingly real threats.