Say Goodbye to the Statue of Liberty and the Pyramids of Giza
According to a study of global warming, 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage sites face extinction.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence. Photo by Dan Breckwoldt / Shutterstock.com
According to a study of global warming, 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage sites face extinction.
It may take a long time, as the article below describes, but it’s a bit chilling, if you’ll forgive the pun, to realize that in addition to all the famine, fire and human suffering to come with a hotter planet, we’ll also lose many of the greatest achievements of our collective history.
Go see the Colosseum and the Sydney Opera House while you still can.
— Posted by Peter Z. Scheer
Global warming may threaten World Heritage sites (via AFP)
The sightseer of 4014 may have to pay a virtual visit to the Tower of London or Statue of Liberty, said a climate study Wednesday that warned of dramatic ocean encroachment on heritage sites. While modern civilisation is fascinated by the pyramids of…
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