How Venice Plans To Save Itself From Sinking

[@Shinobi33]

I just remember during the Covid lockdowns how the water became clear with all kinds of fish and dolphins seen swimming in the canals for the first time in ages. Crazy

[@ratinyourspaghetti8499]

Are there any videos of it? I'd really love to see them just swimming around

[@Emma-fr1hq]

As beautiful as that would be national geographic claims that the reports are fake. Apparently the pictures of the dolphins are from the mediterranean sea which is hundreds of miles away.

[@Emma-fr1hq]

It's nice to hope that nature could recover that quickly though 👍

[@tiktokftw4017]

@@ratinyourspaghetti8499 no it was proving to be fake news sadly. However, there was a video of a jelly fish 😅

[@matthewboyd8689]

I remember during the lockdown help fresh the air was. And I just live in a tiny town in Kansas, no more than 4,000 people, yet when I looked it up there was only a 30% drop in driving. Now I can truly understand how clean the air would be if we all switched to electric vehicles or just e-bikes and electric public transit. It's depressing though knowing that, because it's a long way off if it does ever happen.

[@tifpo33]

The greatest reason infrastructure hasn't been build on time or within budget is not rising costs but terrible, egregious levels of corruption.

[@tengkualiff]

This happens everywhere lol

[@th3_ph4ntomreborn31]

Also you are underestimating Italian shit long bureocracy

[@chrisg5219]

Yea that's always a problem is eastern and southern Europe. 🙄

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107:1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[@lightpropulsionguy]

I was under the impression The whole place was on piers and Pillars on top of iers and pillars, I wouldn't disagree with the rising cost of replacing such horrible infrastructure, not sure one could really do much about it anyway with weight, it would be hard as hell to jack up the whole city, doing it in sections would lead to settling and cracking and probably wind up worse in the long run, I'm sorry, but Venicians are kinda asking for the moon when they beg to save their sinking city, it simply isn't possible in my book, or the cost would outweigh the entire net worth of the country, whichevers first!

[@jamiehughes5573]

Can't wait for future historians to uncover the lost City of venice

[@thesould2931]

Uncover? This isnt Before christ. Besides what is there to uncover when everyone knows its underwater Everthing will be well documented

[@toeman4628]

@@thesould2931 that went way too far over your head my guy.💀💀

[@4kidstillman223]

@@toeman4628 HAHAHAHA

[@LouieP]

@@thesould2931 The dodo bird went extinct and not even 5 years later people where disputing if it even existed, when people had literal bones, pelts made from them, and was well documented.

[@lolmuskan1896]

​@@thesould2931 he didn't say discover bro

[@ianbromley7218]

Venice began to sink due to the Italian government of the day increasing the opening of the lagoon to the Adriatic in the 1950s. This and dredging the lagoon to allow tankers to enter and reach the industrial site to the west of the lagoon has caused this issue. This is a disaster caused by greed, with no thought of culture, history or the people who called Venice home The Italian Government should be taken to account

[@mrmeerkat6055]

Greed is the number one priority of most governments.

[@daharaudani1046]

so can't be a solution if they could close the opening however, once again?!

[@drewthompson7457]

I've read that some of the sinking is from pumping fresh water from an aquifer under the city, back in the 1960s.

[@The-samuel]

Galveston Texas was an island that got hit by the largest hurricane ever recorded and they raised the entire city by many feet and built a giant seawall

[@NgaNguyen-kc6bv]

That’s true!!

[@matteohamri5260]

You didn't say how

[@wolfsit2382]

@@matteohamri5260 They lifted every building with jacks

[@jackthehacker05]

@@wolfsit2382 Can confirm, I am rather strong.

[@communistpotato3204]

@@jackthehacker05 A contingent of a thousand jacks of course

[@mohokdas7629]

Keep making such videos Your videos helps us to know about many things that are rarely discussed or shown in the media I really appreciate your work

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107:1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ h

[@akellagermanytraveldiaries]

now Venice canals runs dry.

[@tasnimtrisha2]

I live in Florence Italy. But I visited Venice in 2019 November. I was there just for 4/5 hours, only visited san marco area which is a famous tourist spot. When we were about to return it started to rain. The next morning I was in Florence. I saw the news that the place I visited the day before was in knee-deep water due to rain. The whole city was underwater. I was like thank God I got to visit the place without any problem.

[@eveei]

a historical relic I hope can be saved, along with all the people there of course staying safe.

[@banjopaisley1021]

Waste of time, energy, and materials. Yuppy stuck up people who are to stubborn to realize what goes on around them. Eww

[@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭107:1‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[@banjopaisley1021]

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist3 people cling to a cross when they are tired and lost. And some just already know what is right and wrong. Mind your own business! No one important needs religion.

[@ianbromley7218]

There are no schools on Venice anymore due to rge dwindling population. Venice now is no more than a cultural Disney land for tourist to experience

[@eleeveeayees3425]

@@ianbromley7218 This is true, I feel the same way to cities like Rome or Pisa.

[@DG_5856]

Venice is here to stay, we the poeple of Veneto won't let it sink

[@stevenalanjacobs]

Wow! Incredible production quality. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

[@charmaineclayton2018]

Thank you for this extremely wonderful video.. ❤️ I love the " Citt'a di Veniza " I go to my Italian lessons in the City and walk through this City every day... off the beaten track from the tourist and I get very emotional thinking that this City can sink.

[@prodigalretrod]

This is one of the best videos on Venice I've seen, really good info.

[@svmuele]

I live near venice, this is a good explanation and yep, we need to do something now cause things here are slow . Btw, Venice also have lots of other problems

[@scottthompson8946]

I visited Venice in 1989. We were told then it would be underwater in 10 years. That was over 30 years ago, soooo.....

[@51tomtomtom]

shows words are faster than the reality ! But this does not means we can relax !!!!

[@ArtistPare]

So… some unknown person told you something that turned out to be wrong?

[@serenissimarespublicavenet3945]

Coming from Venice, I want to praise your video because it is quite good. Keep up with the good work! P.S. Are you South African? I find your accent fascianting.

[@Versedyoutube]

Thank you for the praise, it means a lot, especially from someone from there! And yes, I am South African :) Thank you

[@xsneakatokex8783]

Its inevitable, civilizations get built and eventually destroyed. By what we can never be to sure. Venice is no exception. It will be a great ancient city once its gone.

[@Levitationable]

HOLY CRAP! YOU'RE SUCH AN UNDERRATED GRAPHIC DESIGNER, THIS IS LITERALLY A VOX PUBLICATION! GREAT VIDEO!

[@Levitationable]

@John Doe I'm not saying his views are similiar to Vox, I'm saying the production quality is similiar to Vox.

[@pigperrtpigperrt]

as a venetian ( a person who live in venice) we know that our city is very fragile but we managed to create a sistem that would block or atleast mitigate the entrance of water during "acqua alta" in italian or floods. wer have our metods to know when the floods is coming: its based on the wind and it might be floods if it is "sirocco" we also have sirens and based on how many times it sing you get the level: 1 siren low 2 medium 3 average 4 above average but it not cause major issue and 5 is high like 1.60 and above. 3 years ago before covid the biggest flood since the 80' ( im not sure about the year but it know that this one was the 2nd bigger floods ever recorded) basically i had a friend that would go around on his boat on the pedestrian part " fondamenta". Most of the shops lost everything that was at the street level. btw venetian ahs personal protection against this for example you can put a slate of steel if the water is low like it arrives at your ankle or a bit above but it lets you get in and out whithout being bstacled by it. you can wear a simil boots pant which covered your lower body till your torso. i'm seeing a lot of comment saying that the "mose" has took too long to be built anda lot of people took avantage of it making a lot of money which is true but in the end it kinda works so... meh? in the end we are doomed to extinct becasue people are leaving the city for better jobs om the land and the venetian government doesn't really care about creating new jobs and opportunes for its citizen, i really love this city i've lived there since i was born but the lack of opportunites for the youth so if the young people leave the rest of the city si destinated to end bc there is no one coming next. and yes after the lockdown a lot of animals arrived but i heard that someone killed the ducks near the station with pesticide which is disgusting bc like wtf bro they are ducks ??? personally i had never seen dolphin but there ares some video about it maybe its in another "sestiere" the city is devided on setieri like as a venetian you evaluate yours and some local gangs decide to stab eachother to control nothing but yes we are very territorial and also extrimily racist towards non-venetian citizen like if you are a tourisrt you are welcome but if you come from the countryside you will get called "terrone" which mean someone who came from the fields its like callng someone black the n word so its better not say it. its really derogatory towards countyside homies.

[@ayanjayasekara1546]

This video is underrated. You deserve millions of views for this quality.

[@remconet]

It really is not. It's full of nearly-truths. Like a high school kid read some books and tried to make sense of it.

[@Lemon-nd5su]

This is an amazing video as always. You deserve more subs 😊

[@jasminbesic7266]

When you say, Venice is drowning. Here is and example, Rialto bridge and the steps. You dont count in the tides? Even seasons here on Adriatic coast have plus meter to two meters difference between tides in August and January. That is not a clearcut evidence of drowning, just different times of tides while taking the picture. Every fall, tides get bigger, and rivers overflow, because the fall season, here on Medditerain is thre rainy season. I dive for living, so it is pretty obvious to us that this is not evidence of Venice getting into Adriatic sea.

[@YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

Wait,so a tiny church takes over a million stakes, yet the entire city sits on top of just over 10 million stakes.either they went overkill on stakes for the church or whoever calculated all the stakes used was heavily intoxicated.also vid says city sinks 0.4 inch a year and then later in vid says it sinks over a inch a century.again terrible maths,if the city sinking 0.4 inch a year,it certainly sinking more than a inch each century

[@reecopeaco1004]

It was 0.04 inches per year

[@rustymason3860]

"How Venice Plans To Save Itself From Sinking" begins at 6:49.

[@GoingToAFuneral]

This channel is extremely underrated and you deserve 2 million subs

[@kursatkadircanli9734]

Various solutions that come to mind to save Venice: 1) Construction of concrete, waterproof pontoons using underwater mining techniques under buildings sitting on petrified wood foundations in Venice. This is a radical solution. The higher the sea levels rise due to global warming, the higher Venice will rise with this measure. However, in this option, the buildings will be disconnected from the foundation and their originality will be partially damaged in this way. 2) Gradually raising the ground by injecting concrete under buildings and under petrified trees in Venice. For this process, it is possible to inject not only concrete but also deeper water. In this way, there will be an opportunity to temporarily save time. And since the buildings are not disconnected from the foundation, there will be no problem of originality. 3) The rise in sea level will be monitored, and the flooded ground floors will be abandoned to the sea, and Venice will be used for accommodation until the 1st and, in time, the 2nd floors are also flooded. Perhaps, 30-40 years later, all of Venice will be under water and Venice will now be an underwater historical asset, limited to diving tourism, to watching from the surface with boats suitable for sub-pancakes. While Venice gradually disappears under water over time, an imitation Venice built on concrete pontoons can be built in the lagoon, similar to the first option suitable for the Venice concept. And in this way, the Venetian spirit is somehow kept alive. In the final analysis, I am absolutely certain of that. Venice will be largely submerged before the end of the century. Historical buildings and everything in them will be destroyed due to the damage of salt water. If no recovery work is done. I am in favor of the first solution that is difficult, expensive and requires technological innovations. I want Venice to be a floating city that will exist for centuries to come, and most importantly, a living city.

[@blkslug]

Why is there a picture of La Rochelle, France at 8:39?

[@allhailrise]

Been there in 2010, and already flooded a little at the main square in winter. Kinda shocked me as it's supposed to be popular tourist spot, but then again it's a floating city, what did I expect? I didn't realise back then in 2010, how serious Venice's situation would be as of now, years later. Wish all the best for all the sinking cities (wait, we're ALL sinking 😂).

[@junkoenoshima6756]

That one fish in the history books: Reject sea, Evolve on land. Humans in 2056: Reject land, Return to sea.

[@Venetianmappingandanimations]

The "flood" of the "main square" as you call them, is actually called "acqua alta" and has happened for hundreds of years, especially in winter.

[@kensigregory361]

Those who live on deserts, or even mountain regions aren't going to sink anytime soon.

[@allhailrise]

@@Venetianmappingandanimations Wow I didn't know. Thx for the info

[@51tomtomtom]

The " main square "? You mean for tourists ? San Marco is the lowest part of the city and when a fish farts the place fills ......and every idiot-TV station sends their cameras .........BTW at the moment we've the lowest water-level of all times....

[@toshimigita]

Venice is gonna be a real life Atlantis

[@brianfuller757]

Only about 50,000 people live permanently in Venice Centre( the Lagoon). Most of the residents live on the mainland due to very high cost of living and lack of jobs. The population in the centre is ageing and the city is subsiding/sinking.

[@Meitti]

Aztec city Tenōchtitlan was built much the same way, wooden log foundations beneath the city, city itself built in the middle of a swamp.

[@lucmacsorley4758]

Amazing video like always

[@GadreelAdvocat]

Might be an idea to pound in some pylons horizontally in some strategic areas under water. It would compact the soil and add more material as well.

[@richardparnell8402]

This video was better then I though it was going to be. Nice work

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

This sh!t is fascinating. I'm planning a trip this year, but im concerned about mold/mildew because I'm highly allergic, but dang, is it a gorgeous city.

[@oscaradrianmartin8262]

What a great video mate!

[@correctpolitically4784]

They should just build an extra floor ontop of everything . Keep the same building style , building methods , and architectural style , but build higher allowing for any settling or flooding. Leveling the city out is easy . Lower the high side by removing water from that side. Injecting cement along with sea water sounds pretty good.

[@marco.castiglia]

Vat ist Venice sinking abaot?

[@Maebbie]

if we are able to keep it from sinking for about 200 more years we can just move it over to Mars, after Mars has gotten its large ocean.

[@jasonallen3678]

Has to be the nostalgia for people to actually want to live there..

[@Alexander-xk2nb]

I'm listening, I'm learning, but the whole time I'm looking at the screen in awe like " what a beautiful city 😍" I think I'm in love.

[@lordtyrus1]

Great doc. So many are quick to cite global warming, but the earth is very complex and multiple processes are sinking Venice

[@manbearcannon1250]

Incredible. A civilization in which ingenuity and architecture rivaled that of our societies today. It feels as though we are living through the end point of Western Civilization & it’s origins of enlightenment.

[@Isaiahmightbecool]

A very well explained video

[@liam6345]

I hate that Venice is considered somewhat the "romantic jewel in the crown" Anywhere else in the world a flooded city, that stinks of shit, would be regarded as a national disaster.

[@anthonycz7581]

The magic of PR and marketing

[@ವರುಣ್ರಾಜು]

Ypu do remember that concentration camps was creating of British empire and they are the largest killers of people in terms of number of people directly or indirectly killed by British empire. But people think Nazi germany as the worst. That's power of PR

[@lullabysorrow5746]

I love this comment. Made me laugh, wasn’t even thinking of how much water stinks.

[@Aaron3020x]

Venice is in Italy, the most beautiful country in the world

[@Aaron3020x]

The best history, culture and art is all here

[@ayako2850]

Guys the canals run dry for just less than 6hours and it happens every year. I promise you that already the day after the lowest tide registered it was back again as normal as always. And yes it’s still sinking even if it’s dry(for less and 6hrs) I live here

[@owend4358]

"And if Venice is sinking I'm going under 'Cause beauty's religion And its Christened me with wonder" 🎵🇮🇹⛪️

[@FireFox-er7qj]

Great video! 👍🏻

[@JHues]

What a coincidence, I just dreamed of an island sinking and experiencing a heavy flood and storm.

[@SicilianStealth]

Venice has been thinking for as long as I can remember I just read unless it's not true that the canals are drying up because they have low tides and lack of rain?

[@LewisKlint]

Big thanks for only giving Imperial measurements in this video, which only about 5% of the world population uses (only 3 countries). So nice having to pause and google everytime

[@kikilynn1167]

What a fantastic video. Thank you for your work. Very well done.

[@_GhostMiner]

*4:10** 5ru = 127mm, 0,04ru = 1,02mm* 5:04 1ru = 2,5cm, 2ru = 5cm 5:18 0,5ru = 15,2cm, 4ru = 122cm 6:20 7ru = 2,1m

[@rudiboy2917]

Amazing channel!! thanks

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

You also see inflatable tubes that look like natural gas tanks from a distance that assists holding buildings up. In a movie we got a chance 2 see them as a bullet comes out of a gun causing them to release the air and the place sinks. If I'm not mistaken it was in a bond film. Action movie I'm sure of tho. Been a while since I seen it.

[@Emma-ve3lz]

Casino Royale...

[@51tomtomtom]

don't expect real thing when watching stupid films

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

@Thomas Ludwig Kelley exactly. Don't believe everything you see and only half of what you read, they say...

[@51tomtomtom]

@@BigSteve_Gaming187 even less ! And don't let you taking away by wishful dreaming ..........The truth is not what we want to believe .....

[@BigSteve_Gaming187]

@Thomas Ludwig Kelley not sure if you are replying to another's comment however watching up on behind the scenes they where able to use a place that fell in disrepair. Those inflatable tubes helped keep the place level. It's a fact I'm afraid look it up.

[@thomaspowless3082]

The canals are dry. What do you mean 6 months on.

[@jmad627]

They were saying this when I was in high school in the mid seventies. I see nothing has changed.

[@elkhalilmadani5889]

Came here after the drought wave in venice.... Do i need to say more?

[@ritajingoku50]

They fought climate change to hard

[@zerocontent6168]

Great video very informative

[@CustomerPayment]

our tour guide says 2 millimeters a year. we saw seawater coming up the storm drain in the center square

[@eternalriver7866]

This aged well lol. Canals empty & gondolas stuck in mud

[@ArtistPare]

Yes, that happened. Historically low snowfall in the alps, another consequence of climate change, that year meant historically low flow into the lagoon, so at low tide some canals went dry. But flooding is a much more serious long-term threat to the city because of sea-level rise.

[@TheJupiter00]

The yellow walls looks like hippos!

[@bubbleslovebird4974]

Well yeah. I knew that long before internet was a thing. Learned it a tv station called "PBS" when they cared about history and learning.

[@TheGameware]

Now I wanna go to rialto to walk along that submerged walkway and see where it goes

[@Amen99129]

Begining of a successful youtube channel

[@michaellalanae7228]

What if the termites get themselves scuba tanks ?

[@NgaNguyen-kc6bv]

Very interesting video!!!

[@MegaUltraSuperDuable]

The sinking city... Im getting HP lovecraft vibes 🔥

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

This news age like milk 😅

[@tashuawheeler1834]

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[@zachyy-rn9253]

Remember me when this channel pops off.

[@feisarplinsky5496]

Excuse me , I am a true Venetian and elderly and I know this city very well, any street and and building ; I find the comparison of the two photos of Rialto bridge ,the ancient one and the modern one, absolutely incredibly stupid and naive ! 😡You have to see in which different tide period they were taken !! Furthermore, the physical sinking of the city is one thing (subsidence effect), another is the effect of the rising sea in general ! Venice is - always the same - , there are no buildings with wall cracks anywhere, nor reinforced walls! So we need to talk about Venice very carefully, I find this video not very correct ! The argument "Venice is sinking" is very complex, physically small sinkings can be felt after many years, and it is made up of many variables to take into account, so let's try not to say nonsense please!

[@DanieleLazzarini]

The 4miles MOSE project that stop High water it's tested and It work's well. It's not finish but It Will be finish for the next 100years there aren't High water problems in Venice Island.

[@tmoore007]

Hmmmmm I don't think it's sinking. But I would say water or sea levels are higher or risen significantly due to climate change 🤔. This sounds more accurate.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

We’ve been to this great and beautiful city many times. And we will be back in March.

[@paulcandiago9339]

Suggest: fill the city with sand. no alternative believe it or not.

[@bigalmou2261]

Oh no! Venice is sinking! Byzaboos: *Yes, very sad. Anyway...*

[@lucasjames7524]

It seems like it would be better to close the three openings to the lagoon permanently, and to transform it into a freshwater lake which would be pumped out into the Adriatic, almost like a water polder. Or just move the population of the city and abandon Venice, frankly.

[@drewg82]

I was just there. The water level was considerably lower than usual.

[@goliathyeti1669]

Well most of Europe did have a massive heat wave this summer

[@ವರುಣ್ರಾಜು]

@@goliathyeti1669 if they have it continously for 2 decades it'll fix this

[@random5318]

What is Venice sinking about?

[@BigApu10]

Santa Maria Della Salute is my favorite place to hangout, especially Punta di Dogano. Sad to see how tourists and the corrupted officials have spoiled Venice.

[@Aces77777]

I always wondered how this city was build in the first place

[@cheeseTakoJP]

Hidden gem of youtube

[@TheGlooSniffer]

It’s crazy to think one of the most famous cities in the world could become a ghost town.

[@mikewa2]

The whole Mediterranean Sea is rising! There will be a need in near future to create a dam at the entrance to Mediterranean Sea at Gibraltar straits. Ice caps will speed up in defrosting causing huge damage to low lying land. Venice is just one of many important cities under threat

[@danaodom1010]

No longer. Sinking it is drying up 2023 February.

[@biggibbs4678]

We shouldn't try to control the environment so much. Coastlines change and people have to move to adapt, it's been that way for all of history.

[@JoRdi-ul4xg]

Nah

[@TheVibes101]

You're right, we should just move out all of the 600,000 people and put them somewhere else, that couldn't take more than a day or two right?

[@VaeringWoT]

Seems like it saved itself!

[@lullabysorrow5746]

This video makes me think their gonna take the modem approach. Wait til it’s too late and somehow make a profit off of it.

[@simhathecat]

Your figures don't add up: the church alone required 1.1 million piles, whereas the rest of Venice just over 10 million...

[@darinfisher989]

I can vouch for this Venice is truly stinking.. when I was there it stunk so bad it smelled like I was walking around the inside of an outhouse...

[@benmcreynolds8581]

It's too bad that there isn't a megaproject Venice could do to allow Venice to be raised like how they raised Chicago and reversed the flow of the river/lake, as well as adding large drainage systems underground.

[@jeremy9416]

"Why don't we take example from Netherlands? They are pretty good at dealing with water" "Do you say corruption and Mose ?"

[@dropperbanda7608]

You should also do shorts..It will be helpful

[@jonathanstultz5345]

They were saying this my all the year of my life. 65 years now.

[@ireneg4515]

well... it's been happening for all these 65 years and the situation is definetly worse now compared to the 60s. Just beacause we're not going around swimming everywhere here doesn't mean the city isn't slowly sinking

[@ArtistPare]

Very true. It is the slow-moving disaster, like Venice’s, that is the most difficult to get people to act on.

[@kirbywaite1586]

This is out of date. The canals at the moment are dried up.

[@ArtistPare]

You are misinformed.

[@SwtMazsola]

This reminds me of a joke... Ship to German coastguard: Mayday, mayday! We are sinking! German coastguard: What are you "sinking" about? 😜🤣

[@Tabby3456]

How about people start callling it by its real pronunciation Venezia JUST SAY IT THAT WAY, ITS NOT THAT HARD!

[@SKF358]

Venice isn't sinking. It's not going deeper into the sea. The sea is rising, ergo Venice is being inundated.

[@51tomtomtom]

I think it does both !

[@lightside33333]

No it is primarily sinking. It is sinking because of ground water pumping

[@wirehim]

Nooo my favorite planet

[@ArtistPare]

Lolol