"Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American
settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, as well as the Florida launch pad
that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are
predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America
what it is may be slowly erased." Those places also include North
Carolina's Outer Banks.
That's the horrifying conclusion outlined in an AP story on the
probable impact of global climate change.
You can read the entire story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/24/rising.seas.ap/index.html
I realize that this is a list dedicated to Virginia's history, not
its current events. But it's difficult to imagine anything that
could have as much impact on the study of history as the literal mass
disappearance of historical and archeological sites.
Words fail me. And though I dearly hope I am wrong, I see nothing
in our nation's condition that suggests that we truly have the will
to act to stop this catastrophe.
--Jurretta Heckscher