Venice’s first day of charging a fee to enter the historic center went mostly smoothly, but there were some protests and polemics.
Tag: Canals
BP Pauses Oil Shipments Through Red Sea Amid Fears of Attacks
Global energy prices jumped as tensions escalated around the vital shipping route, where drone and missile assaults have prompted some companies to halt sending cargos.
Climate Risks Loom Over Panama Canal, a Vital Global Trade Link
Lack of rain and changing weather patterns are slowing the ship traffic that moves goods around the world.
A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization
How extreme temperatures and dwindling water are pushing the Fertile Crescent toward the brink.
Spain, Facing a Future of Drought, Turns to Medieval Solutions
Acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors over 1,000 years ago, are being excavated and brought back to life to adapt to the crises of climate change.
Fluorescein Turned Venice Grand Canal Green, Officials Say
A chemical used in underwater construction and medical procedures was used to dye parts of the channel bright green, but the authorities still don’t know how it got there.
Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.
Produced by Mona Boshnaq
In Face of Drought, the Netherlands Reserves Course to Save Water
As climate change dries out Europe, the Netherlands, a country long shaped by its overabundance of water, is suddenly confronting drought.
On England’s Canals, Boaters Embrace the Peace and Pace of a Floating Life
More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible.
How One of the World’s Biggest Ships Jammed the Suez Canal
Four months after the megaship Ever Given got stuck in the canal, neither the canal nor the shipping industry has addressed some of the most critical issues that led to the grounding.