Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic silk road at a rapid pace. More than 1,500 years ago ...

Flash floods and years of unusual rainfall — likely linked to climate change — are degrading ancient cave art along China's historic Silk Road at a rapid pace. NPR’s Emily Feng reports.

Ancient Buddhist murals ... while flash floods and mudslides caused some caves to collapse, the report added. The report comes as China is conducting its fourth nationwide cultural heritage ...

Researchers say they have found new geological evidence suggesting an ancient Chinese story about a great flood is not a legend, and the deluge might have unexpectedly helped Chinese civilisation ...

Ancient Silk Road Art Faces Risks From Climate Change in China Dunhuang caves are at increasing risk of damage: Greenpeace Sites data back to 4th Century and are famed for Buddhist art ...

Ancient Buddhist murals in northwestern China are under “direct threat ... “Spikes in humidity, flash floods, and cave-ins are already happening,” said Li Zhao, a senior researcher ...

The shallower layer's flood likely took place, the Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers say, around 1.6 billion years ago, during a period of glacier activity, and the deeper layer's flood was ...