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Climate change is wreaking havoc on World Cultural Heritage sites, study finds

The Great Wall of China, Petra of Jordan, Ellora Caves of India, the traditional Ottoman Houses in Turkey — none of these world-famous historical sites can easily be replaced if damaged. Yet, each of ...
AOL

Either flooding or drought threaten most world heritage sites, U.N. says

Paris — Almost three quarters of the globe's cultural and natural heritage sites are threatened by too little or too much water, the UN's cultural agency said on Tuesday. As a result of rising ...
UPI

Natural World Heritage sites under threat, but bright spots remain

Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch ...
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UNESCO: New World Heritage Sites to be announced

A fairytale-like castle, a sunken port city in the Caribbean, and mysterious cave paintings: Which of these places will be named as the latest entries to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list? In just a ...
The Conversation

Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain

Jessica Beaudette received dissertation funding from the American Association of University Women and Arizona State University for field research in Botswana. Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one ...