Costing the Earth

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Costing the Earth: Losing Our History

Losing Our History

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How to cope when climate change steals your culture. Qasa Alom reports from Norfolk.

When castles or graveyards collapse into the sea we lose an irreplaceable slice of our culture. Qasa Alom reports from Norfolk on the local response to storms and sea level rise.

When castles collapse into the sea or ancient burial places succumb to floodwaters we lose a slice of our shared culture.  Qasa Alom reports from the Norfolk coast on the threats to our heritage and asks if we all need to prepare for the emotional impact of climate change.

Researchers from around the world are taking a global look at personal and community responses to climate change, and they're finding that we react in much the same way whether our homes are falling from crumbling Norfolk cliffs, our shrines are swallowed by Bangladeshi floods or the road to market is blocked by expanding Sahara sands. 

Archaeologists from the University of East Anglia and Museum of London Archaeology discuss the emotional impact of losses already suffered and offer lessons from historic changes in climate, whilst researchers from the University of Ghana explain the cultural price being paid on the crumbling coastline of West Africa. 

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