Sea-level rise threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 5 March, 2014
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Some of the world's most recognizable and important landmarks could be lost to rising sea-levels if current global warming trends are maintained over the next two millennia. This is according to a new study that has calculated the temperature increases at which the 720 sites currently on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites would be impacted by subsequent sea-level rises....