Anthropology discussion
Rising Seas are Swamping Our Archaeological Heritage: Sinking land and rising water are destroying seaside sites that hold the key to understanding vanished cultures
Rising Seas are Swamping Our Archaeological Heritage
For decades, Louisiana's coast has been sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. The rate at which it has been disappearing has only been amplified by modern industrial channelization, the effects of saltwater intrusion, and, in what may prove to be its greatest accelerant, the rising of the sea itself.
scientificamerican.com



