Water scarcities triggering climbing sodium attentions as well as sandstorms are actually wearing down globe’s old websites A few of the planet’s very most historical structures are actually being actually ruined through environment modification, as climbing attentions of sodium in Iraq waste at dirt block and also even more recurring sandstorms deteriorate historical wonders.Iraq is […]
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Global heating is destroying rock art tens of thousands of years old, experts warn
Serious damage has already been done as erosion, fires, floods and cyclones increase in intensity Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Rock art that has lasted tens of thousands of years is being destroyed by the climate emergency in a matter of years. Coastal erosion, fires, floods and cyclones are among […]
‘Spectacular’ artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts
Discoveries exposed by retreating ice include snowshoe for horses and bronze age ski The retreat of a Norwegian mountain ice patch, which is melting because of climate change, has revealed a lost Viking-era mountain pass scattered with “spectacular” and perfectly preserved artefacts that had been dropped by the side of the road. The pass, at […]
Viking runestone may allude to extreme winter, study says
Ninth-century Rök stone may deal with fear of cold climate crisis in Scandinavia One of the world’s most famous runestones is now believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia, a study has concluded. The Rök stone, raised in the ninth century near Lake Vättern […]