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Climate change is unearthing new archeological discoveries, while also threating them

NPR | By Danielle Kurtzleben ,
Henry Larson, Michael Levitt
Published August 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM CDT

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology.

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Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
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