Heritage at sea - Must we simply accept the loss of beloved buildings and cities to the floods and rising seas of the climate crisis?|| by Thijs Weststeijn :: AEON

"...Old Amsterdam has survived in a remarkably pristine fashion the wars and urban development that affected many other European cities. But for the past year or two, I have noticed that my students’ appreciation of the city’s visible antiquity has acquired a new dimension. This monument to human ingenuity, which rests on thousands of wooden poles hammered into the marshy soil, now seems to have a longer past than it does a future". Read more