6,000 Historic & Archaelogical Sites In Florida Will Be Underwater by 2100

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If you've been delaying your visit to Miami's Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, the Ernest Hemingway house in Key West, or the 18th-century Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, now is the time to make arrangements. The same goes for scientists: If you're planning, say, a study of the indigenous civilizations that lived in the Everglades thousands of years before Europeans arrived, start digging tomorrow.

That's because according to a new study published this week, Florida stands to lose nearly 6,000 archaeological and historic sites by 2100 if seas rise by just one meter. Scientists from the University of Tennessee, Indiana University, Northern Kentucky University, and others warn that only one meter of ocean rise could destroy 19,676 historic sites across the Southeast United States alone — and because Florida is the region's flattest, lowest-lying, and most ocean-exposed state, it naturally stands to lose more irreplaceable areas than any other state.


Of the exposed areas in Florida that sit lower than one meter above sea level, 5,498 are listed as archeological areas. Another 438 are sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. "Many more unrecorded archaeological and historic sites will also be lost as large areas of the landscape are flooded," researchers warn in the study, published in the academic journal PLOS One. "The displacement of millions of people due to rising seas will cause additional impacts where these populations resettle. Sea level rise will thus result in the loss of much of the record of human habitation of the coastal margin in the Southeast within the next one to two centuries, and the numbers indicate the magnitude of the impact on the archaeological record globally."

Frighteningly, many respected scientific bodies have warned the nation to brace for even larger ocean surges. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, warned last January that, though improbable, ten to 12 feet of ocean rise could happen by the end of this century.

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http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/sea-level-rise-to-destroy-6000-florida-historic-sites-by-2100-9872871

[janterry]

1. But Rick Scott says there's no such thing as global warming

[RKP5637]

2. Yep, most politicians have blinders on and are only interested in short term things that keep them

in power and supply wealth to them and their cronies. Often they could care less about what happens in the future, some even now.

[Nitram]

3. Florida will be where climate change deniers meet their doom.

[safeinOhio]

4. The hottest real estate in S. Florida.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Trashmore_(Florida)