Lost villages, ancient ruins and shipwrecks uncovered in extreme heat
"We could find everything from a missing jet ski to more bodies."
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"We could find everything from a missing jet ski to more bodies."
Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought, and melting glaciers. It has also revealed shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens, and ancient cities.
By Kevin Simauchi (Bloomberg) –Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about our past—shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient...
Months without rain and an earlier-than-usual halt in flows from melting snow in the Alps depleted the River Po — Italy's longest river — to its lowest level in 70 years. The dried-up riverbed revealed previously hidden World War II-era wreckage such as a German tank and cargo ships.
A wonderfully intact Iron Age arrow, replete with steel point, sinew pieces, plus aerodynamic feathery arrow shafts; has been discovered by permafrost scientists in Norway.