The recent emergence of the novel coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a spotlight on the risks that animals can pose to humans as the source of new viruses. The virus in question, known as SARS-CoV-2, has been linked to a “wet market…
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In Venice, high water is always high tide, but high tide is not always high water. Sea level is subject to a cycle of variable rise and fall over time, fluctuating globally in response to the increasing or decreasing volume of water in the oceans.…
The Campo di Santa Maria Formosa is one of the largest in Venice and is located on the border between the San Marco and Castello districts. In the past it was one of the major centers in the eastern part of Venice, both at a civil level due to its…