Скачать или смотреть The barriers of Mose protect Venice but with negative effects on the lagoon morphology

The mobile floodgates of Mose, that were operated for the first time in October 2020, protect effectively the city of Venice from high-tide events but their repeated use, more and more probable in the light of the climatic changes taking place, risks making the salt marshes disappear.

A new study which involved a team of researchers of the University of Padua and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, analyzed the consequences of the gate closures on the fragile lagoon ecosystem.

The results show that in the first 15 times in which the MOSE was activated, from October 2020 to January 2021, the barriers contributed to a 12% reduction in marsh deposition.

In this video Professor Andrea D'Alpaos of the Department of Geosciences, which has led the study with his colleague Luca Carniello of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padua, tell more about the research.

Shooting and editing by Barbara Paknazar