How fast is Venice sinking?

Answer 1

Yes Venice is sinking. Over the past thousand years Venice has sunk by about 7 cm per century. But new data shows that in the last century alone Venice has sunk 24 cm, and is expected to sink 20 to 50 cm more by 2050! lalalalala

that's awful I'm totally obsessed and want to go so it better be there by the time i get there!

Answer 2

Venice is sinking because it was built in the lagoon. Poles as wide as garbage bins were installed into the lagoon's many islands to create 'venice' Nowadays, these reinforcements are rotting and sinking because they are too old. Therefore, Venice is sinking.

Answer 3

no one know thats.... if they could fund project moses and brace every building with steel like they wanted too if may never sink but only time willl tell when

Venice should never fully sink be it might become inhabitable

Answer 4

In November 1966 a huge storm (the same one that famously flooded Florence) raised Venice's water level to more than six feet above the norm.

The water level shown on pictures on weather channels are just Propaganda to make you believe that the sea levels are rising. This is a lie!

Answer 5

venice is sinking 1 to 2 in a half in. per year by this rate in 2030 this city will have to be abandend.

-sam

Answer 6

.7 centimeters a year. it is a very large problem affecting all the lives in Venice causing many people living there to go homeless. :'( tear

Answer 7

About 100 years! But it can disappear at any moment!