Arctic burials on Svalbard threatened by climate change,

Archaeologists studying a centuries-old whaling burial ground in the Arctic have warned that rising temperatures and thawing permafrost are rapidly destroying some of the world’s best-preserved archaeological remains. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, focuses on the Likneset burial site in northwestern Svalbard, where the graves of early modern whalers have been preserved in frozen ground for hundreds of years.

Arctic burials on Svalbard threatened by climate change,. Archaeologists studying a centuries-old whaling burial ground in the Arctic have warned that rising temperatures and thawing permafrost are rapidly destroying some of the world’s best-preserved archaeological remains. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, focuses on the Likneset burial site in northwestern Svalbard, where the graves of early modern whalers have been preserved in frozen ground for hundreds of years. Researchers examined the remains of 20 individuals buried at the site between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, combining archaeological evidence with osteological analysis to investigate both climate-driven damage to the graves and the harsh living conditions faced by Arctic whalers. The study found that burials exposed to coastal erosion and thawing...