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A lagoon as a living laboratory

Western researchers use Venice to study how climate change changes the relationship between water, infrastructure and daily life. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from Western University.

Western researchers use Venice to study how climate change changes the relationship between water, infrastructure and daily life.

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Venice Lagoon living lab for studying climate change. Official Western News image.
Venice Lagoon living lab for studying climate change. Official Western News image. Photo: Western News / official source page. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

The context

Where the work begins

The Venice Lagoon is both a place and a question. It shows how climate risk arrives through tides, buildings, economies and the routines that make a city feel normal.

The takeaway

What follows

Western's living-lab approach keeps the research grounded in observation: understand the system, listen to the people inside it and design for the conditions that are actually coming.

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