The British Museum’s Sunken Cities exhibition is a reminder of our future. whether we accept that climate change will flood our cities,we can launch to save themHumans have long sought to understand catastrophes that are sudden and senseless. Faced with ships sailing through tsunami-stricken streets or buildings collapsing in earthquakes, we might take some small bitter consolation from scientific explanations. Irrespective of whether we blame nature, or God or the victims,the abrupt cataclysm is at least tangible. How we deal with incremental disaster is less clear. With global warming and rising sea levels, battles between doom-sayers and deniers are, or particularly at this stage,exercises in futility and inaction. Related: Sunken treasures from ancient Egypt heading to British Museum Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com