Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage
(2021) In Climate 9(10).- Abstract
There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in other governmental sectors on cultural heritage. We provide a case study demonstrating that winter road salt, used to reduce ice related accidents, damages historical iron milestones. As the climate warms, road salt use will move north into areas where sites have been protected by contiguous winter snow cover. This will expose Artic/sub-Arctic cultural heritage, including Viking graves and Sami sites, to a new anthropogenic source of damage.... (More)
There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in other governmental sectors on cultural heritage. We provide a case study demonstrating that winter road salt, used to reduce ice related accidents, damages historical iron milestones. As the climate warms, road salt use will move north into areas where sites have been protected by contiguous winter snow cover. This will expose Artic/sub-Arctic cultural heritage, including Viking graves and Sami sites, to a new anthropogenic source of damage. Research and planning should therefore include the evaluation of secondary impacts when choosing climate adaptation strategies.
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- author
- Antonson, Hans LU ; Buckland, Philip and Blomqvist, Göran
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-10
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adaptation, Climate change, Corrosion, Cultural heritage, Degradation, Planning processes
- in
- Climate
- volume
- 9
- issue
- 10
- article number
- 149
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85117317137
- ISSN
- 2225-1154
- DOI
- 10.3390/cli9100149
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f94cd95f-6ed8-4a91-8fbd-a0a117882b5e
- date added to LUP
- 2022-03-22 15:41:29
- date last changed
- 2022-04-22 20:20:22
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abstract = {{<p>There is no doubt that anthropogenic global warming is accelerating damage to cultural heritage. Adaptation measures are required to reduce the loss of sites, monuments and remains. However, little research has been directed towards understanding potential impacts of climate adaptation measures in other governmental sectors on cultural heritage. We provide a case study demonstrating that winter road salt, used to reduce ice related accidents, damages historical iron milestones. As the climate warms, road salt use will move north into areas where sites have been protected by contiguous winter snow cover. This will expose Artic/sub-Arctic cultural heritage, including Viking graves and Sami sites, to a new anthropogenic source of damage. Research and planning should therefore include the evaluation of secondary impacts when choosing climate adaptation strategies.</p>}},
author = {{Antonson, Hans and Buckland, Philip and Blomqvist, Göran}},
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keywords = {{Adaptation; Climate change; Corrosion; Cultural heritage; Degradation; Planning processes}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{10}},
publisher = {{MDPI AG}},
series = {{Climate}},
title = {{Road salt damage to historical milestones indicates adaptation of winter roads to future climate change may damage arctic cultural heritage}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli9100149}},
doi = {{10.3390/cli9100149}},
volume = {{9}},
year = {{2021}},
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