CNN The Wonder List With Bill Weir April 6, 2015 05:28:00
To a modern threat and sparked a decades-long debate on how to keep rising seas out of venice lagoon. finally in the early '80s they settled on a radical idea. they would block the three inlets with a system of massive gates mounted to hinges on the ocean floor. filled with air, the gates would rise and create a temporary sea wall. they called it mose, italian for moses, a guy known for parting the sea and protecting the faithful. it would take decades. it would cost billions. it would be the most ambitious engineering project in modern times, and in 2014, it would land the mayor of venice in ...
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