Sunday, November 17, 2019

12 Historic Places Threatened By Climate Change

With climate change come floods. Venice is the most recent example. Island communities such as the Bahamas and Puerto Rico have been hit with increasingly powerful hurricanes, and stronger monsoons are contributing to extreme flooding in southeast Asia. Mountain regions lie in the flood path of melting glaciers.
Atlas Obscura brings us a dozen heritage sites, from Carthage to Los Alamos, that are at risk.

Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine, Florida

Wat Mahathat
Bangkok, Thailand

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Thanks Bruce!

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