Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage
There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in o...
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ftsvtinstitut:oai:DiVA.org:vti-17335 2024-06-23T07:49:51+00:00 Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage Antonson, Hans Buckland, Philip Blomqvist, Göran 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-17335 https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100149 eng eng Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, Miljö, MILJÖ KMV Forum AB, Nacka, Sweden; Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Environmental Archaeology Lab, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Basel : MDPI Climate, 2021, 9:10, orcid:0000-0002-7828-3640 orcid:0000-0002-2430-0839 orcid:0000-0002-0124-0482 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-17335 doi:10.3390/cli9100149 Scopus 2-s2.0-85117317137 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Climate Research Klimatforskning Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftsvtinstitut https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9100149 2024-06-11T14:13:22Z There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in other governmental sectors on cultural heritage. We provide a case study demonstrating that winter road salt, used to reduce ice related accidents, damages historical iron milestones. As the climate warms, road salt use will move north into areas where sites have been protected by contiguous winter snow cover. This will expose Artic/sub-Arctic cultural heritage, including Viking graves and Sami sites, to a new anthropogenic source of damage. Research and planning should therefore include the evaluation of secondary impacts when choosing climate adaptation strategies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Global warming sami sami Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Climate 9 10 149 |
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There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in other governmental sectors on cultural heritage. We provide a case study demonstrating that winter road salt, used to reduce ice related accidents, damages historical iron milestones. As the climate warms, road salt use will move north into areas where sites have been protected by contiguous winter snow cover. This will expose Artic/sub-Arctic cultural heritage, including Viking graves and Sami sites, to a new anthropogenic source of damage. Research and planning should therefore include the evaluation of secondary impacts when choosing climate adaptation strategies. |
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Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage |
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Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage |
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road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage |
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