Advancing public understanding of sea-level rise
MIT oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli's work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project has informed a new exhibit on sea-level rise at the Museum of Science, Boston.
Source: mit.edu
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MIT oceanographer Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli's work on the Venetian Lagoon’s MOSE barrier project has informed a new exhibit on sea-level rise at the Museum of Science, Boston.
The first thing it resembles -- this private, manmade island, straddling the Adriatic Sea and the Venetian lagoon -- is a Bond villain's lair. The second -- as you dock at the private pontoon, walk past the Brutalist concrete façade, and into a "control room" where staff watch monitors tracking the waters around the island 24/7 -- is something out of "Squid Game."