Oh new land!
Bacon offers a plot of land 820 feet wide and 33 feet long on the Venice coast.
The small strip of sand used to emerge from the city’s lagoon only in the summer when the water recedes, but it has become habitable year-round since the construction of flood barriers in the city.
The Moselle flood barrier, which has been protecting Venice from sea waves since opening in 2020, has also helped keep Bacon afloat.
“The barrier… accelerates the flow of water into the lagoon when open, which means more sand comes in, helping to retain the bay,” said Giovanni Cecconi, an engineer who worked on the barrier. ” Explained the Times.
“And by raising the barrier to prevent high water in the winter, the island is protected from waves that would otherwise destroy it.”
Bacon last dipped in the winter of 2020.
On the island, Venetians can now escape the crowds of tourists in their city, sit in the sun and hunt for shellfish among the island’s new vegetation.
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“This is a new ecosystem and shows that lagoons can evolve in a positive way in parallel to human intervention,” Cecconi said.
However, some experts believe that the barriers are disrupting the natural balance of the lagoon because the structures prevent storm surges from carrying silt – an essential part of the marsh that spreads into the lagoon.
Preserving the salt marches is an integral part of fighting climate change – they absorb 30 times more carbon than forests – which has increasingly disrupted and destroyed Venice.
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Bacon has emerged as Venice continues to drown in water and tourists.
To save, there is Italian hub Large tourist groups banned and it started charging admission fee Flood barriers were also installed.
Earlier this year, Italian authorities announced measures to limit large tourist groups in the historic sunken city, as part of a campaign to prevent overcrowding on the historical hotspot’s often narrow streets and waterways.
Earlier this summer, tourist groups were asked to be limited to 25 people – about half the capacity of a double-decker bus.
Venice started charging day trippers a 5 euro ($5.36) entrance fee this spring, reportedly to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site. Side effects of over-tourism – But fed-up locals say the measure is just a drop in the bucket, and could sink the struggling city.
These efforts are part of an ongoing campaign to reduce travel to the canal city, which reportedly attracts 30 million people a year, many of whom come for the day.
Unfortunately, Venice suffers from problems far beyond tourism.
lagoon city I’m slowly drowning Oceans due to rising sea levels due to climate change and overdevelopment.
That’s why an escape like Bacon is appreciated by locals – as long as it’s kept secret from tourists and developers.
“We need to avoid ice cream kiosks and luxury hotels,” Cecconi said.
