Climate Change is Destroying History

As climate change worsens, archaeology sites in Greenland are starting to be destroyed. Many settlements from the Viking era are rotting away due to the Arctic warming up. With this, we lose lots of history such as, bones, hair and leathers. This is very important because we are losing many pieces of Viking history and if it continues to worsen, then the generations to come will not get to learn about these places. Archaeologists are trying their best to preserve what they can from the sites, but it is impossible to do so in such a short amount of time. Within the next 30 years, 35% of the material at Viking sites will be lost. Everybody needs to come together to stop climate change, before it destroys more history or even us.





https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/viking-history-is-melting-away-in-greenland/

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  1. AnonymousAugust 31, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    It's a shame seeing a piece of history fading away due to the actions of humans. If this continues it could wipe out that piece of viking history completely, erasing them from history in that part of the world and making it seem like they never existed.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2019 at 5:15 PM

    It's interesting to read this because I don't believe this would have been brought to my attention until now. History is something that everyone should be aware about and the vikings are part of Greenland's history. These artifacts allow the citizens to understand and acknowledge how their country started which is something extremely cool. If we start working on resolving climate change right now, there will still be artifacts to recover. Waiting will only make the process longer and harder.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2019 at 6:45 PM

    I believe that people need to pay more attention to these types of situations because they do not know how much damage they are causing to different parts of the world. Climate change has already effected ocean levels, temperature changes, and now archaeology sites and who knows what could be effected next. It is very important that we learn about the past so we do not repeat the same mistakes again. History is a vital lesson we learn about throughout our entire life, but if archaeology sites get destroyed, and undiscovered because of climate change, it is no fault but our own.

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