Horses are spooked by the Woolsey Fire near Paramount Ranch on Nov. 9, 2018, in Agoura Hills, Calif. Matthew Simmons/Getty Images hide caption
Protecting Cultural Heritage in a Warming World A special series examining how climate change is impacting cultural and heritage sites around the country and the efforts being taken to mitigate the damage.
Special Series
Protecting Cultural Heritage in a Warming World
The roundhouse under construction at Wahhoga Village in Yosemite National Park. Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation hide caption
A Northern California tribe works to protect traditions in a warming world
Threatened by rising sea levels, San Francisco is considering drastic measures to save its historic shoreline. Above, the Ferry Building pictured in 2009. Anthony Jacobs/AP Images for T-Mobile hide caption
San Francisco considers lifting the Ferry Building by 7 feet to save it from the sea
The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change
Conservation professionals learn how to respond to cultural heritage emergencies following disasters at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Sept. 20. Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption