URBAN - Venice's Sinking Map From Satellite Data Teases Apart Natural, Man-Made Influences (PHOTOS)

By: Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer Published: 09/26/2013 01:59 PM EDT on LiveScience Venice, the "floating city" of romance and gondolas, is slowly sinking into its watery foundations. A new study using modern satellite data has shown the amount that Venice is sinking with an unprecedented level of resolution, allowing scientists to tease apart the influence of natural causes of the sinking, due to compaction of the sediments on which the city is bui ...

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