Re:Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
by fredsted on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @05:22AM
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That made me very frustrated! Here's the proper article, with actual pictures: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-artifacts-pul...
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Re:Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
by mojomark on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:37AM
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Thanks for the link. Aside from the OP article's basic regurgitation of prior (perhaps stale - I couldn't read it either being behind a "sign-in wall"), the Smithsonian author clearly didn't view it as a race against time and human-induced climate change, but merely an unexpected windfall for researchers:
"There are countless negative impacts of the changing climate, but the recovery of these artifacts could be an unexpected positive. Our uncertain climate future may inadvertently help researchers learn more about our past."
Re:Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
by dang on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:41PM
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Ok, we've changed to that from https://gen.medium.com/the-rescue-mission-to-save-civilizati.... Thanks!
Re:Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
by RenRav on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @02:19PM
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That tunic is incredible! I can't believe it's around 1700 years old. I wonder how fast it would deteriorate once melted from the ice if it wasn't discovered.
The glaciers melting is a sad thing but at least this aspect of it is exciting.
Re:Ancient artifacts dislodged by climate change
by thatgerhard on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:18AM
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thanks :)