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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