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Past Sea Level Rise and Adaptation off Orkney
A unique discovery of submerged man-made structures on the seabed off Orkney could help find solutions to rising sea levels, experts have said.
They said the well preserved stone pieces near the island of Damsay are the only such examples around the UK.
It is thought some of the structures may date back thousands of years.
Geomorphologist Sue Dawson said that people have survived and adapted in the past and it is that adaption to climate change that needs to be learned from.
Caroline Wickham-Jones said: “The really interesting thing about this bay is the stories relating to things under the sea and sea-level change. Our ancestors were dealing with similar problems to ourselves and we’d like to see how they coped with it.”
BBC News website: Rising seas ‘clue’ in sunken world off Orkney