Reuters (November 3)
A UNESCO report indicates that “some of the world’s most famous glaciers, including in the Dolomites in Italy, the Yosemite and Yellowstone parks in the United States and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are set to disappear by 2050 due to global warming, whatever the temperature rise scenario.”
Tags: 2050, Disappear, Dolomites, Famous, Glaciers, Global warming, Italy, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Temperature, U.S., Unesco, Yellowstone, Yosemite
Salon (March 6)
“Someday, not all that far in the future, sea level rise is going to drown our coastal cities. And it’s not only our homes and livelihoods that are at risk, but also our culture.” Of 720 UNESCO World Heritage sites, a new study asserts 136, including the Statue of Liberty and Sydney’s famed Opera House, might be left underwater. Other losses will likely extend to Venice, the Tower of London, the leaning tower of Pisa, Westminster Abbey and central Bruges, Naples, Riga and St. Petersburg.
Tags: Bruges, Culture, Naples, Opera House, Pisa, Riga, Risk, Sea level, St. Petersburg, Statue of Liberty, Sydney, Tower of London, Unesco, Venice, Westminster Abbey, World Heritage sites
New York Times (December 10, 2013)
“Unesco just picked Japanese cuisine as a world cultural heritage, recognition that the Japanese government had lobbied hard for. Toyota, Sony and Nintendo may have once served as symbols of national identity, but they are now eclipsed.”
Tags: Cuisine, Government, Heritage, Japan, Japanese, Lobbied, National identity, Nintendo, Sony, Symbols, Toyota, Unesco
