I want to ask a dumb question: if it was known that this area was high traffic, why are archaeologists only just now discovering these wrecks? Is it not obvious to search this area for wrecks given its history? The article hints that climate change is increasing urgency. Is the case here that we knew there should be wrecks here, but climate change made the search happen?
epenn•11m ago
While I can't speak for these wrecks specifically, archeology as a field is chronically underfunded. They have to pick and choose their battles.
BurningFrog•7m ago
There are VASTLY more interesting archeological sites than the world has resources to investigate!
somebehemoth•18m ago
epenn•11m ago
BurningFrog•7m ago