MOSE
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MOSE is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding.
A 2012 aerial photograph of the Lido inlet and the worksites where MOSE was constructed
Acqua alta floods in Piazza San Marco, November, 2004. The increasing frequency of this type of event caused considerable damage and prompted projects such as MOSE.
Venetian Lagoon and the barrier islands.
Movement of the gates, lagoon on left, sea on right: (a) normal tides, gates are full of water and lie on the seabed; (b) when high tide is forecast, gates are emptied of water by pumping in compressed air; (c) gates rise above high tide, creating a barrier that temporarily seal off the lagoon from the sea.
Acqua alta
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An acqua alta is an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the
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…the seafloor at the Lido, Malamocco, and Chioggia inlets, that can be raised to temporarily seal off the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea during acqua alta high tides. Together with other measures, such as coastal reinforcement, elevating of quaysides, and paving and improvement of the lagoon, MOSE is…
Venice, Piazza San Marco
Venice, Campo Santa Margherita
Acqua alta in Venice, fondamenta di Borgo, December 2019
Fondamenta del Squero flooded in December 2019