Danish Fish Fossil Cliffs Set to Gain UNESCO Status
UNESCO’s advisory panel backs the cliffs for their exceptionally preserved fossils and rock layers that record a 56-million-year warming event.
- As UNESCO's committee meets in South Korea, Denmark's Hanklit and Knudeklint cliffs are being considered for World Heritage status based on their "exceedingly well-preserved" fossils.
- Fifty-Five million years ago, Denmark's Limfjord seafloor created a low-oxygen environment that preserved fish, birds, and turtles that died and sank to the seabed.
- The rock layers capture a 56-million-year-old global warming event when temperatures soared 5 to 8 degrees Celsius, providing researchers an environmental "snapshot" of climate catastrophe.
- Thomas Olesen, project leader for the local Skive municipality, expects UNESCO recognition will boost tourism on the island of Fur, home to 700 residents.
- If approved, Hanklit and Knudeklint would become Denmark's fifth natural UNESCO World Heritage site, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature recommending their inclusion.
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BTOn Saturday, another piece of Danish nature can be added to UNESCO's World Heritage List thanks to unique fossil dunes.
Two Danish coastal sites, real time capsules with 55 million-year-old fossils, are in the process of gaining international recognition Two coastal cliffs
The Danish cliffs of Hanklit and Knudeklint, comprising fossils of insects, birds and "exceptionally well-preserved" prehistoric fish, are on the way to being classified as UNESCO World Heritage sites at the end of July. A real gold mine in terms of science. Two Danish coastal cliffs, where paleontologists have discovered fossils of 55 million-year-old prehistoric animals, are expected to join the UNESCO World Heritage site at the end of July.
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