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From Easter Island to Stonehenge, climate change threatens iconic tourist sites
2016-05-26 16:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Extreme weather is becoming one of the biggest risks to World Heritage icons like the Polynesian Easter Island or Britain's Stonehenge, posing a threat to tourism and economies alike, scientists and U.N. experts said on Thursday. Developing countries such as Nepal, home to Mount Everest, and Uganda, where tourists travel to see mountain gorillas, may be particularly hard hit as they rely on income from tourism more than developed countries, the experts said in a report. "For them it's a very...
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