Climate Change
Cemeteries Can Be Damaged by Climate Change—and Provide Climate Refuge
Severe flooding is unearthing caskets in cemeteries around the world. But research shows that some burial places can also be refuges for life.
In 2016, an unexpectedly catastrophic flood inundated communities across Louisiana. The skies dropped more than three times the amount of rain that fell during Hurricane Katrina, killing at least 13 people and damaging an estimated 146,000 homes.
Cemeteries Can Be Damaged by Climate Change—and Provide Climate Refuge