Andrea Bergamasco

Subsidence and the Venetian Lagoon

Andrea Bergamasco explains the important role of the Adriatic on the waters of the lagoon, and describes how other 
factors such as subsidence, rising sea levels, and the tide can also have an impact on this environment.[January 2016]

METAGOON IS A TOOL FOR OBSERVING AND RESEARCHING THE COMPLEXTY OF THE VENICE LAGOON. 
 
METAGOON IS A MAP WHOSE BOUNDARIES ARE DRAWN BY INTERVIEWS, STORIES AND SILENT OBSERVATIONS. THE TESTIMONIES COLLECTED COME FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS, VERY OFTEN SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS WITH PROJECTS TO SAFEGUARD THE ECOSYSTEM, LOCALS PORTRAYED IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.