Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends (review article)

• Published in: Natural hazards and earth system sciences Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 2643 - 2678
• Main Authors: Zanchettin, Davide, Bruni, Sara, Raicich, Fabio, Lionello, Piero, Adloff, Fanny, Androsov, Alexey, Antonioli, Fabrizio, Artale, Vincenzo, Carminati, Eugenio, Ferrarin, Christian, Fofonova, Vera, Nicholls, Robert J., Rubinetti, Sara, Rubino, Angelo, Sannino, Gianmaria, Spada, Giorgio, Thiéblemont, Rémi, Tsimplis, Michael, Umgiesser, Georg, Vignudelli, Stefano, Wöppelmann, Guy, Zerbini, Susanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 01.09.2021; Copernicus Publ. / European Geosciences Union; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Accuracy; Atmospheric correction; Climate change; Environmental Sciences; Gauges; Global Changes; Human influences; Ice sheets; Lagoons; Literature reviews; Man-induced effects; open climate campaign; Removal; Satellite altimetry; Sea level; Sea level changes; Sea level rise; Sea level trends; Sea level variations; Subsidence; Time series; Trends; Variation; Water masses

The city of Venice and the surrounding lagoonal ecosystem are highly vulnerable to variations in relative sea level. In the past ∼150 years, this was characterized by an average rate of relative sea-level rise of about 2.5 mm/year resulting from the combined contributions of vertical land movement a...