Pompeii among 37 World Heritage Sites at risk from flooding and erosion as sea levels rise

Sea levels rises and storm surges will cause flooding as the climate warms, scientists have warned  CREDIT:  DAVID SOANES PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY 

They have already been wiped out once by the devastating eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD.

But now the Roman ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum could be lost through flooding and erosion caused by climate change, a major study has found.

The ancient towns are among dozens of World Heritage sites at risk from sea-level rise in the Mediterranean as the climate warms, researchers at the University of Kiel, in Germany, have warned.

Other sites at risk include the historic sites in Istanbul and Dubrovnik, as well as the kasbah at Algiers, the Medieval city of Rhodes and the archaeological site of Carthage.

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