Venice

You have arrived in Venice. Many parts of Venice have canals of water that are like their streets. People get around on boats instead of cars! Even though it has always had lots of water, Venice is struggling with more and more days where storms make the water so high that the buildings flood.

Melting of land ice on Greenland and Antarctic is largely to blame for higher water levels as are more intense storms caused by the higher temperatures of the air, land and water.

Another major cause is warming of the water. As water warms it spreads out, it takes up more space. As global warming speeds up, some scientists think this expansion of sea water will become the biggest cause of sea level rise.

The city has just finished building a huge barrier to keep high water out during big storms.