This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I was nine when I first saw the numbers: ...

How can cultural heritage be made fruitful as a resource for climate adaptation? Teresa Erbach from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at GFZ addresses this question in her newly ...

Greece launches a national strategy to protect cultural heritage from climate change through 2050, backed by €22 million in funding.

Cultural heritage connects us across generations, reminding us of who we are and where we came from. Living in Florida, I am no stranger to hurricanes. With each storm season, the feeling of facing ...

Nestled in the southern Mediterranean, off the southeast coast of Tunisia, lies the island of Djerba. With a rich cultural and religious history, it has been a crossroad of many civilizations, ...

Scotland’s Forth Bridge is among the sites most at risk from climate change (Getty Images/iStockphoto) World Heritage sites gain their status for being an outstanding value to humanity and showcase ...

These changes would be "irreversible over the coming decades and centuries", the researchers say. View on euronews ...

Strengthening synergies between culture and science in the fight against climate change was at the centre of the first ever meeting organised jointly by UNESCO, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

A recent analysis has identified some of the world's most iconic UNESCO World Heritage Sites as being at significant risk from climate-related threats, including 21 in the United States. Conducted by ...