https://www.sciencealert.com/bad-omen-ancient-pyramid-in-mexico-collapses-into-pile-of-rubble
By Carly Cassella
Exceept: Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm’s way.
A precious stone pyramid in Mexico is the latest to succumb to an increasingly chaotic global climate. On the night of July 29, the 15-meter-high (roughly 50-foot-high) square monument located in the state of Michoacán suddenly slumped under the pressure of incessant rain, its south wall crumbling into a pile of rubble.
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Extreme weather and rising seas, driven by human-caused climate change, are proving to be a serious nuisance for important sites of bygone cultures.
Recently, archaeologists found that ancient cave paintings in oceania are deteriorating with accelerating climate changes.
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Watching them collapse from a climate that has been drastically altered by our own behavior is disgusting to watch, and not just for immortals.
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Alvarez said that before the arrival of foreign conquerors in Mexico, something similar happened, and it was because the gods were “displeased”.
