statue of liberty under water

If you don’t have any Memorial Day weekend plans yet, hop over to NYC to see the Statue of Liberty before it disappears.

Because, yep, “climate change.”

Via Guardian.

Climate change now poses the single biggest threat to the world’s most famous heritage sites – including the Galápagos islands, the Statue of Liberty, Easter Island and Venice – according to a UN sponsored report.

The researchers looked at 31 natural and cultural world heritage sites in 29 countries that are vulnerable to increasing temperatures, melting glaciers, rising seas, more intense weather, worsening droughts and longer wildfire seasons. They believe this number is the tip of the iceberg.

There is an urgent and clear need to limit temperature rises to protect key heritage, the study by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the UN heritage body Unesco and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) concludes.

The Statue of Liberty in New York is one of the sites at risk from rising sea levels and storms, illustrated by the devastating Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Global warming is raising sea levels and increasing the risk of floods, droughts and potentially fiercer storms, all of which can cause severe damage. The Galápagos islands, where Charles Darwin gained insights into evolution, and monuments and natural wonders from the port of Cartagena in Colombia to the Shiretoko national park in Japan, were also named as being under threat….

Related:

Breitbart: Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day

Express: ‘Global warming the greatest scam in history’ claims founder of Weather Channel

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  1. SamHamilton says:

    They left out the part where the apes will be in charge and keep the surviving humans in pens

  2. Alain41 says:

    Get your hands off me, you dirty socialists!

  3. ROADHOG58 says:

    Those who believe in nothing will fall for anything.

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