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Historic Harriet Tubman Sites at Risk of Rising Seas on Eastern Shore

Climate Central - News·@Climatecentral·2 months ago
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**By Jodie Fleischer, Katie Leslie, Teneille Gibson, Steve Jones (NBC Washington) and John Upton, Kelly Van Baalen, Allison Kopicki (Climate Central)** *To read the complete report, including flood risk analyses for all identified sites*, ***please click here for a downloadable PDF***. A new study shows many of Maryland’s most significant sites from Harriet Tubman’s life are in jeopardy of chronic flooding as sea level rise threatens the Eastern Shore. The News4 I-Team’s Jodie Fleischer reports on the impact as archaeologists rush to unearth more of Tubman’s story before it’s washed away. This story was produced through a partnership between Climate Central and NBC4 in Washington DC. As a tour guide on the Eastern Shore’s Harriet Tubman Byway, Alex Green has an up-close view of historic landmarks associated with the iconic abolitionist. Such as Long Wharf, now a park on the water’s edge of Cambridge, which once served as a hub for the trans-Atlantic slave trade.…

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