Venice is still sinking — and now it's tilting

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

Sea-level rise isn't the only thing that has Venice's famous canals rising ever-so-slightly every year: The city is also sinking, a new study shows, in contrast to previous studies that suggested the city's subsidence had stabilized.

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