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Saving Venice, Italy

To protect Venice from rising seas, Dimitri Deheyn (Scripps Institution/UC San Diego Sediment Research Group) studied the environmental impact of dredging sediment from the waterways.
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego)

To protect Venice from rising seas, Dimitri Deheyn (Scripps Institution/UC San Diego Sediment Research Group) studied the environmental impact of dredging sediment from the waterways. Managers worldwide can apply the findings from the Venice, Italy, study to other threatened estuaries and wetlands. Read more about the research effort to help keep Venice dry.

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