italienische Karibik. Zwergscharben sitzen auf Fischereigerät zum Sonnenuntergang im Podelta.
italienische Karibik. Zwergscharben sitzen auf Fischereigerät zum Sonnenuntergang im Podelta.
A combination of centuries of farming, but more recently gas mining activity and less rainfall/river flows, have caused land to sink 3 metres below sea level. Salt infiltration has advanced inland, shrinking agriculturally productive land area - particularly for the traditional rice crop.
Isola Barria (see image), an old German fort, is now mostly submerged by the sea...
#PoDelta #Subsidence #farming #GasMining #ClimateChange #Drought
''If the sea rises we’ll have to leave’: plans to restart #GasDrilling threaten #Italy’s sinking delta
Sixty years after fatal #floods and #subsidence halted #GasExtraction in the #PoDelta region, politicians are once again eyeing #methane reserves. But at what cost to one of the #Mediterranean’s largest #wetlands and the people who live there?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/04/if-the-sea-rises-well-have-to-leave-plans-to-restart-gas-drilling-threaten-italys-sinking-delta
#ClimateCrisis #DontLookUp #FossilFuels #Environment
Sixty years after fatal floods and subsidence halted gas extraction in the Po delta region, politicians are once again eyeing methane reserves. But at what cost to one of the Mediterranean’s largest wetlands and the people who live there?