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MISTI video highlights students’ research on Venice’s rising sea levels

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MISTI video highlights students’ research on Venice’s rising sea levels
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[fusion_text]Edmund K. Turner Professor in Civil Engineering Andrew Whittle and Professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Paola Rizzoli led a research camp for MIT students, including CEE graduate student Paige Midstokke, rising senior Clio Macrakis and rising junior René García, to collaborate with Italian students on the MOSE megaproject. MOSE is a large infrastructure project that involves installation of mobile flood gates to control flooding in the city of Venice and suite of associated projects to preserve the health of the unique environment of the Venetian lagoon. Midstokke and García are featured in a new MISTI video about the project. Watch the video here.[/fusion_text]