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Climate Study: Rising Seas Could Wipe Out Many Cultural Landmarks
2014-03-05 03:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: If current trends in global warming continue unmitigated, some of the world's most well-known and historically significant cultural landmarks -- including the Statue of Liberty in New York City, the Tower of London in the United Kingdom, and the archaeological sites of Pompeii in Italy -- could be destroyed by rising global sea levels over the next 2,000 years, according to new research. A new study examining the long-term effects of sea-level rise on the 720 spots around the world that have been...
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