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Preserving wooden heritage in the Arctic as thaw, rot and tourism converge
- June 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Historic wooden structures across Svalbard are crumbling under the combined weight of climate change and human activity. Longer, warmer, and wetter seasons fuel wood-decaying fungi, while tourism adds physical wear to sites never built to last. The ArcticAlpineDecay project has provided a crucial baseline of knowledge—revealing how vulnerable these cultural landmarks are and why continued monitoring will be essential in the years ahead.
Originally published at Phys.org