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From the deserts of Mali to the U.S. Atlantic coast, climate change threatens numerous cultural and historic treasures. Many are protected as World Heritage Sites or national parks, but that usually entails preserving them in as close to their original states as possible. What if flooding or drought makes that impossible?
Erin Seekamp, a scholar of parks, recreation and tourism management, sees a need for new thinking about what preservation means. It could involve relocating or remodeling threatened structures – or even removing them altogether.
“Transforming heritage sites may be controversial, but the clock is ticking,” she writes.
This week we also liked articles about that time Georgia had three governors, the meaning of Diwali and how the right labor policy can make people happier.
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The Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Square flooded during acqua alta – high tide – in Venice, Italy.
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Erin Seekamp, North Carolina State University
With growing drought, rising seas and heavier storms, how do we protect Venice and other world treasures? The answer: creative, proactive measures that may alter them in important ways.
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With three claimants, which one should hold the governor’s seat?
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John A. Tures, LaGrange College
How Georgia found its way past write-in votes cast by dead voters, spiked drinks served to lawmakers, changed locks on the executive office and a gun-toting man claiming to be the governor.
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Diwali is the most important festival for the South Asian community.
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Natasha Mikles, Texas State University
Many Indian Americans will be celebrating the festival of Diwali this week. A scholar explains what this festival of lights means – especially in chaotic times.
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Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University
The 2020 campaign showed voters how the candidates and their campaigns modeled gender roles differently. That has implications for who can be president in the future.
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Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan, Minerva Schools at KGI; Kelsey O'Connor, National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies
Governments use a variety of labor market policies to support workers who lose their jobs – each with a different impact on a country's well-being.
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Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Side agreements signed by some wealthy nations threaten to undercut global efforts to ensure a fairly equitable worldwide vaccination effort.
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The computer model simulates how many COVID-19 cases could have been prevented in a particular county in the U.S.
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Biplav Srivastava, University of South Carolina
The model provides county-level analysis and simulates the benefits of mask-wearing in terms of illnesses and deaths.
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