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Scientists from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in collaboration with the University of California, San Diego have found that although previous studies have shown Venice to be stabilizing, it is in fact continuing to sink at a rate of about 2 millimeters or .07 inches per year. Yahuda Bock a research geodisist with Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego is the lead author on a new research paper about the sinking of the city worked with colleagues from the University of Miami and Italy's Tele-Rilevamento Europa. Tele-Rilevamento Europa is a company that measures deformation to then analyze data collected by GPS and inSar, space borne radar instruments. The GPS measurements are used to get absolute elevations.