Climate change may put UNESCO World Heritage Sites underwater
February, 5, 2014
CBC News
Tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty, Pompeii or Canada's Old Town Lunenburg in coming centuries may need to bring a snorkel, thanks to climate change, a new study suggests.
If average global temperatures rise just three degrees above pre-industrial temperatures, melting glaciers and ice sheets will push up the sea level enough to inundate 136 site considered by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to be cultural and historical treasures, sometime within the next 2,000 years, reports a new study published this week in Environmental Research Letters.
The researchers said they didn't try to pinpoint the exact timing of rising sea levels. And while 2,000 years sounds like a big window, some of UNESCO's 700 World Heritage sites are older than that, they point out.
The weather might affect our land. There are many heritage sites destroyed. Some of them are naturally destroyed and others are destroyed by humans. There are many wars going on all over the world. We hope to have a peaceful world not only because to stop killing each other but also to heal the world. Our mission is to make the world a better place.
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