Heritage in danger

Cultural heritage can offer new narratives.

Rising sea levels, storminess, and coastal erosion, among other effects of climate change, pose significant threats to heritage and the environmental archive, resulting in potential losses of knowledge that archaeologist Thomas McGovern compares to the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria.

The CRCC Strategy provides guidance for those working in national historic preservation to recognize and respond to a wide range of environmental changes that are threatening cultural resources.

Threats to currently inhabited places from sea-level rise