the Venice of the north is in danger of sinking! The reasons are incredible and the weather also has something to do with it »ILMETEO.it
Amsterdam: the Venice of the north is in danger of sinking! The reasons are incredible and the weather also has something to do with it
The buildings in Amsterdam are sinking due to the droughtA.D Amsterdam, due to drought, a fungus is corroding the foundations of the houses which begin to rot as the walls crumble. The Rijksmuseum hosting thousands of works is already sunk by 15 centimeters on the one hand and for this, a team of hydrogeologists are looking for a solution.
In the Dutch capital the heat of these months has in fact decreased the water level who inevitably discovered the wooden poles that form the foundations of the typical houses of the city and in this way the mushrooms started to rot them, threatening the stability of buildings and houses by making them tilt by a few centimeters. The Rijksmuseum from Amsterdamthe Venice of the north, which hosts more than 8 thousand works of art including the canvases painted by Van Gogh, Vermeer And Rembrandtit rests on a base of wooden poles, about 8,000 and due to the drought and the fungus in question has already sunk 15 centimeters on one side.
But it is not the only building in the Netherlands that is in danger of coming down, in fact all the buildings in the city built before 1970 they are destined to collapse if action is not taken immediatelyall this thanks to the fungus that proliferates with climate change and especially with drought.
At the moment, come on it reads on Republic, the government focused on co-financing research and on providing advice to local authorities and those affected by this problem. But the responsibility rests entirely with the owners of the buildings affected. “Specific loans were provided for these people to help them carry out the work necessary to solve the problem”says Erkens.
The absence of water, both on the surface and below, it could be a huge disaster across the city of Amsterdam.
The possible solution could be to create an infiltration system capable of directing water from a pond to prevent the soil from drying out. This system could come from Maarten Kuipera hydrogeologist of the Dareius company hired precisely to save the Rijksmuseum, by doing this the period of exposure to air, necessary for the fungi to form, is reduced.