Coastal heritage, global climate change, public engagement, and citizen science.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 117(15): 8280-8286, 2020 04 14.
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| ID: mdl-32284415
ABSTRACT
Climate change is threatening an uncalculated number of archaeological sites globally, totaling perhaps hundreds of thousands of culturally and paleoenvironmentally significant resources. As with all archaeological sites, they provide evidence of humanity's past and help us understand our place in the present world. Coastal sites, clustered at the water's edge, are already experiencing some of the most dramatic damage due to anthropogenic climate change, and the situation is predicted to worsen in the future. In the face of catastrophic loss, organizations around the world are developing new ways of working with this threatened coastal resource. This paper uses three examples from Scotland, Florida, and Maine to highlight how new partnerships and citizen science approaches are building communities of practice to better manage threatened coastal heritage. It compares methods on either side of the Atlantic and highlights challenges and solutions. The approaches are applicable to the increasing number of heritage sites everywhere at risk from climate change; the study of coastal sites thus helps society prepare for climate change impacts to heritage worldwide.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Mudança Climática
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Ciência do Cidadão
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
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En
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article