The time for a climate trigger in Australia has hopefully, finally, belatedly come | Adam Morton
New Orleans was still awash in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the then prime minister, John Howard, was in climate doubt and delay mode when Anthony Albanese got to his feet in the Australian parliament to argue for a…
El turismo del fin de los tiempos
Así es como me lo han explicado los científicos del parque: cuando los glaciares de marea, como los de la Bahía de los Glaciares, están sanos, avanzan lentamente durante siglos hacia el mar, empujando de frente un escudo formado por…
End-Times Tourism in the Land of Glaciers
The rangers confirmed what I was hearing from my fellow passengers: Uncertainty, if not grief, is now part of the Alaska traveler’s experience. Most visitors, the rangers told me, still ask the questions they always have: Does the bay freeze…
Mohenjo Daro emerges as symbol of global warming threat to cultural heritage – Pakistan Today
KARACHI: One of the world’s first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in Pakistan. Though Mohenjo Daro survived, it has become a symbol of the threat global warming poses to humanity’s cultural…
Can the Rhine River Be Saved From Climate Change?
KARLSRUHE, Germany — It is one of the tightest and fastest bends in the Rhine River, a nearly 90-degree curve where a small rocky island dotted by trees further narrows the shipping channel. Engineers, surveyors and craftspeople have spent months…
The World’s Most-Visited Glaciers Could Soon Be Gone
Making the World Heritage List from UNESCO, the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization, is a kind of gold seal of approval in the tourism world. The list, which began in 1978, has more than 1,150 sites nominated by…
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Global warming sparking Arctic fire activity – The Hill
An ongoing increase in global temperatures is driving a surge in wildfires across the Arctic permafrost, a new study has found. In 2019-2020, the Siberian Arctic experienced an unusual number of fires that began to alarm the scientific community, according…
Glaciers in 50 iconic UNESCO World Heritage sites will be gone by 2050
Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro, Yellowstone National Park, the Pyrenees and the Andes ranges, all will lose glaciers, according to UNESCO
Glaciers in Yosemite, Africa to vanish by 2050 due to climate change — UN – Axios
Merced Peak Glacier in the Southern Yosemite Valley. Photo: Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Glaciers at some of the world’s most famous World Heritage sites are set to vanish within 30 years due to climate change — including…
Amid global warming, Bangladesh’s historic coastal mosques stare at an uncertain future – Scroll.in
Since the 15th century, southern Bangladesh’s “Mosque City”, dominated by the imposing brick Sixty Dome Mosque, has been a pilgrimage destination for pious Bangladeshis and for tourists. “I believe if I wish something and visit the mosque, Allah will accept…
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