Indonesia: Climate change destroying world's oldest animal painting

BBC News ^ | May 19, 2021

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[Pearls Before Swine]

I wonder: For how much of the 44,000 years since this was created has it been exposed to the elements? Was the cave previously sealed in some way, which would tend to minimize humidity fluctuations?

[neverevergiveup]

The Taliban destroyed thousands of pieces of art, including very large ancient rock carvings.

[Thommas]

Extreme weather changes, eh? Any statistics on the changes in local dry and monsoon seasons? Temperature changes in the region over the last twenty years?

Or, is this just more pearl clutching?

[Mark17]

Indonesian rock art is decaying at an alarming rate due to the effects of climate change, researchers said.

Translation: give us all your money.

[The Louiswu]

Take a picture, it lasts longer

[Da Coyote]

Wow, I had not realized that there was absolutely positively no climate changes during the past 45,000+ years.

Silly me. I shall destroy my car immediately to stop the changes.

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[SmokingJoe]

Indonesian rock art is decaying at an alarming rate due to the effects of climate change, researchers said.

This includes a picture of a wild pig drawn 45,500 years ago on the island of Sulawesi - said to be the world's oldest animal cave painting.

And that is relevant how?
Some wild man made a drawing of wild pigs before killing it and having it for dinner so what?

[servo1969]

So... the weather has been constant for the last 45,000 years and now it’s not? Not only that but it’s all our fault?

I don’t suppose the regular presence of people looking at the paintings and breathing out CO2 could be an issue, could it?

[lepton]

So, no ice-ages. No Older Dryas. No Younger Dryas. No Boller Oscillations. No wind-direction changes?

Ummm. Yeah.

[Leaning Right]

> “[These pieces of art are] disappearing before our eyes,” study lead Dr Jillian Huntley, from the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, said in a press statement. <

“Send us lots of money so we can fix this,” Dr Huntley added. “And please remember that you have no right to question our findings.”

/s

[a fool in paradise]

>>The findings signal that more needs to be done to preserve the priceless art.

“priceless art”

Eh, it wasn’t created as art.

It is valuable as historical artifact.

It was always ephemeral

[GreenHornet]

Indonesian rock art is decaying at an alarming rate due to the effects of climate change, researchers said.

My Jimi Hendrix poster has faded badly.

[Phlap]

All threads that mention art should have pics.

[Phlap]

That was a head shot. Now for the full body shot.

[SKI NOW]

Some wild man made a drawing of wild pigs before killing it and having it for dinner so what?

Nothing more than a menu.

[SmokingJoe]

Yes.

[Jeff Chandler]

These pieces of art are disappearing before our eyes

Like Marty McFly.

[Jeff Chandler]

There's Hillary, where's Bill?