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Pictures by Niklas Halle'n. Video by Caroline Breniere Global warming is threatening London's historic Highgate Cemetery, an overgrown oasis housing graves of notable figures from Karl Marx to pop star George Michael, its custodians say. Concerned at rampant fungi, freak storms and shifting graves, the cemetery's custodians are now seeking expert help to ensure its survival. They have launched a competition for landscape designers to come up with a strategy to help the north London cemetery withstand the warming climate in the next decades. "The plan has got to stretch out for the next 20-plu...

However, the cemetery, which is visited by more than 100,000 (living) people a year, is in danger of becoming more ruined in the face of climate change. Warming temperatures have led to the soils drying up, freak and intense storms which batter the already derelict gravestones and helping to spread rampant fungi across the grounds. The clay soil deep beneath the surface is contracting and expanding due to the changing heat, causing graves to shift. This also allows tree roots to spread beneath the surface, adding further instability to the graves. Highgate Cemetery, where George Michael and K...

»Global Warming is so Bad, it is Posing Threat to Karl Marx's Grave in London's Iconic Cemetery 3-MIN READ Global Warming is so Bad, it is Posing Threat to Karl Marx's Grave in London's Iconic Cemetery AFP image. Concerned at rampant fungi, freak storms and shifting graves, the cemetery's custodians are now seeking expert help to ensure its survival. They have launched a competition for landscape designers to come up with a strategy to help the north London cemetery withstand the warming climate in the next decades. FOLLOW US ON: Global warming is threatening London's historic Highgate Cemet...

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