Archaeologists Sweating Over Climate Change

https://www.hawkalumni.org/class-of-1968-yearbook/ In the unofficial climate change anxiety index, you won’t find archaeology ranked very high. That’s understandable. If the worst scenarios come to pass, the world will be in a heap of trouble and people are going to worry about saving themselves, not the remains of ancient civilizations.

https://interestingpsychology.com/15-reasons-why-highly-intelligent-people-struggle-with-love/ But in the meantime, archaeologists are sounding the alarm in their own circles. An article in the March/April issue of Archaeology magazine catalogs the degradation of numerous ruins from melting glaciers, desertification, and floods.

https://chitolytic.com/chitosan-bioplastic/ Action may require quick action, the magazine reports, such as “documenting sites before they disappear,” and “in some places, simple steps like putting roofs over melting or rain-threatened areas” to preserve them.

That’s called adaptation. You’ll be hearing that term a lot in the years to come.