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MOSE (translation) is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding.[1]

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  1. 59 relations: Acqua alta, Adriatic Sea, BBC News, Bora (wind), Chioggia, Climate change, Conservation movement, Crossing the Red Sea, Delta Works, Directive (European Union), Drainage basin, Environmental mitigation, Environmental movement, Erosion, European Commission, European Union, Eustatic sea level, Flood, Flood control, Floodgate, Giorgio Orsoni, Giuseppe Conte, Government of Italy, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Il Post, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Italia Nostra, Legacy pollution, List of public works ministries, Lock (water navigation), London, Luana Zanella, Luigi Brugnaro, Malamocco, Marghera, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy), Moses, National Anti-Corruption Authority (Italy), Oosterscheldekering, Piazza San Marco, Punta della Dogana, Red Sea, Saint Petersburg Dam, Sea level, Sea level rise, Sirocco, Subsidence, Thames Barrier, The Daily Telegraph, The Washington Post, ... Expand index (9 more) »

  2. Buildings and structures in Venice
  3. Buildings and structures under construction in Italy
  4. Flood barriers
  5. Flood control in Italy
  6. Geography of Venice
  7. Science and technology in Italy

Acqua alta

An acqua alta is an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. MOSE and acqua alta are Geography of Venice and Hydrology.

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Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Bora (wind)

The bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea.

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Chioggia

Chioggia (Cióxa, locally; Clodia) is a coastal town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Crossing the Red Sea

The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") is an episode in the origin myth of The Exodus in the Hebrew Bible.

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Delta Works

The Delta Works (Deltawerken) is a series of construction projects in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta from the sea.

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Directive (European Union)

A directive is a legal act of the European Union that requires member states to achieve particular goals without dictating how the member states achieve those goals.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. MOSE and drainage basin are Hydrology.

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Environmental mitigation

Environmental mitigation, compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States government and the related environmental industry to describe projects or programs intended to offset known impacts to an existing historic or natural resource such as a stream, wetland, endangered species, archeological site, paleontological site or historic structure. MOSE and environmental mitigation are environmental engineering.

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Environmental movement

The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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European Commission

The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Eustatic sea level

The eustatic sea level is the distance from the center of the Earth to the sea surface.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. MOSE and flood are Hydrology.

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Flood control

Flood control (or flood mitigation, protection or alleviation) methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. MOSE and flood control are environmental engineering.

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Floodgate

Floodgates, also called stop gates, are adjustable gates used to control water flow in flood barriers, reservoir, river, stream, or levee systems. MOSE and Floodgate are flood barriers and Hydrology.

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Giorgio Orsoni

Giorgio Orsoni (born 29 August 1946) is an Italian lawyer, politician and a former mayor of Venice.

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Giuseppe Conte

Giuseppe Conte (born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021.

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Government of Italy

The Government of Italy is a democratic republic, and was established by the Italian constitution in 1948.

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Il Fatto Quotidiano

(English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. and published in Rome.

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Il Post

Il Post is an Italian online daily newspaper, founded and directed in 2010 by Luca Sofri.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.

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Italia Nostra

Italia Nostra (Our Italy) is an Italian not for profit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of the country’s historical, artistic and environmental patrimony.

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Legacy pollution

Legacy pollution or legacy pollutants are persistent materials in the environment that were created through a polluting industry or process that have polluting effects after the process has finished.

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List of public works ministries

This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Luana Zanella

Luana Zanella (born 4 October 1950 in Venice) is an Italian teacher and politician from Green Europe.

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Luigi Brugnaro

Luigi Brugnaro (born 13 September 1961) is an Italian conservative politician and entrepreneur who has been the mayor of Venice, since taking office on 15 June 2015.

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Malamocco

Malamocco (Małamoco) was the first, and for a long time, the only, settlement on the Lido of Venice barrier island of the Lagoon of Venice. MOSE and Malamocco are Geography of Venice.

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Marghera

Marghera is a municipalità (borough) of the comune of Venice, Italy. MOSE and Marghera are Geography of Venice.

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Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy)

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti or MIT) is the government ministry for transport in the Republic of Italy.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.

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The Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority (Autorità Nazionale AntiCorruzione) is an Italian independent administrative authority tasked with combating corruption in the country.

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Oosterscheldekering

The Oosterscheldekering (English: Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier), between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of the Delta Works, a series of dams and storm surge barriers, designed to protect the Netherlands from flooding from the North Sea. MOSE and Oosterscheldekering are flood barriers.

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Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco (Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").

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Punta della Dogana

Punta della Dogana is an art museum in one of Venice's old customs buildings, the Dogana da Mar. MOSE and Punta della Dogana are buildings and structures in Venice and Geography of Venice.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.

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Saint Petersburg Dam

The Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex (kómpleks zashchítnykh sooruzhéniy Sankt-Peterbúrga ot navodnéniy), unofficially the Saint Petersburg Dam, is a long complex of dams for flood control near Saint Petersburg, Russia. MOSE and Saint Petersburg Dam are flood barriers.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Sea level rise

Between 1901 and 2018, the average sea level rise was, with an increase of per year since the 1970s.

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Sirocco

Sirocco, scirocco, or, rarely, siroc is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and can reach hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe, especially during the summer season.

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Subsidence

Subsidence is a general term for downward vertical movement of the Earth's surface, which can be caused by both natural processes and human activities.

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Thames Barrier

The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. MOSE and Thames Barrier are flood barriers.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy.

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UNESCO Courier

UNESCO Courier is the main magazine published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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Venetian Arsenal

The Venetian Arsenal (Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. MOSE and Venetian Arsenal are buildings and structures in Venice.

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Venetian Lagoon

The Venetian Lagoon (Laguna di Venezia; Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. MOSE and Venetian Lagoon are Geography of Venice.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Venice Lido

The Lido, or Venice Lido (Lido di Venezia), is an barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, Northern Italy; it is home to about 20,400 residents. MOSE and Venice Lido are Geography of Venice.

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Wharf

A wharf (or wharfs), quay (also), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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1966 Venice flood

The 1966 Venice flood (Alluvione di Venezia del 1966) was an unprecedented high water, known in Venice as an "acqua alta", with waters reaching up to 194 cm.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Venice

Buildings and structures under construction in Italy

Flood barriers

Flood control in Italy

Geography of Venice

Science and technology in Italy

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE

Also known as MOSE Project, Mose dams, Project MOSE, Project Moses, Venice flood barrier, Venice flood defences.

, Trieste, UNESCO Courier, Venetian Arsenal, Venetian Lagoon, Venice, Venice Lido, Wharf, World Wide Fund for Nature, 1966 Venice flood.