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Threatened By Climate Change, National Parks And World Heritage Sites Draw Millions
2016-05-30 20:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Think Progress: With spring now in full gear throughout most of the United States, its a good bet that Memorial Day Weekend will again be the busiest of the whole year at many national parks, including the Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Utahs Mount Zion. Last year, 305 million people visited National Park Service-administered sites, signifying the parks appeal to millions of Americans and world tourists. Theyd better hurry. A report released Thursday from the United Nations and the...
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Climate change threatens U.N. World Heritage sites
2016-05-29 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bend Bulletin: The catastrophes seem like the stuff filmmaker Roland Emmerichs dreams are made of: In the United States, Yellowstone National Park morphs from thick woods to sparser brushland in the aftermath of frequent and furious forest fires. In Italy, Venice sinks beneath a swelling Adriatic Sea. In England, Stonehenge tumbles to the ground when the local mole and badger populations explode, and their burrows weaken the earth beneath the 5,000-year-old rock monuments. None of these disasters are certain...
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Climate damage threatens heritage sites
2016-05-28 06:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: A world that faces the loss of the Statue of Liberty, where the ancient Italian city of Venice has been overwhelmed by flooding and a Ugandan forest that shelters mountain gorillas is at risk is all too real a possibility, says a new report. Its authors say 31 natural and cultural world heritage sites in 29 countries have been identified as affected by climate change. The impacts include rising temperatures, higher sea levels, more extreme weather, and fiercer droughts. The report by the UN...
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Australia removed from UN world heritage climate report
2016-05-27 13:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: All references to climate change's impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report. A draft of the report contained a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef and references to Kakadu and Tasmania. But Australia's Department of the Environment requested that Unesco scrub these sections from the final version. A statement from the department said the report could have had an impact on tourism to Australian. It also said the report's title, Destinations at Risk,...
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Climate change threatens existence of World Heritage icons
2016-05-27 11:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: Iconic monuments, glorious national parks and colorful coral reefs are all in danger of being wiped off the map as rising sea levels, increasing temperatures and intensive storms take hold due to climate change. Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile The moai statues of Easter Island attract than 60,000 visitors every year. But coastal erosion and rising sea levels mean the iconic structures could be in danger of falling into the sea. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda A little...
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