Rock art at risk of deterioration due to climate change

Urgent action is needed to prevent ancient rock art disappearing say researchers from Newcastle University in northeast England.

The International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies (ICCHS)  and School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) studied the physical underpinnings and condition of Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art panels in Northumberland. They conclude climate change could cause the art to vanish because new evidence suggests stones may deteriorate more rapidly in the future. [...] Past Horizons

Link 2: Arte rupestre em Inglaterra em risco de desaparecer devido ao clima
Arte rupestre situada em Northumberland, Inglaterra, está em risco de desaparecer devido as alterações que se têm vindo a verificar no clima, dizem investigadores do Centro Cultural Internacional e Estudos do Património (sigla em inglês, ICCHS) e da Escola de Engenharia Civil e Geociências, da Universidade de Newcastle...

Reference: Myra J. Giesen, Anais Ung, Patricia A. Warke, Beate Christgen, Aron D. Mazel, David W. Graham. Condition assessment and preservation of open-air rock art panels during environmental change. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2013; DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2013.01.013