(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Every year the sea level rises and swallows the bay of Cartagena in dribs and drabs. The exposed skulls of a cemetery devastated by waves are proof of the effects of global warming in Colombia's most touristic city, which could be partially underwater this century.
Community leader Mirla Aaron was shocked when she saw on the shore the bones of former inhabitants of Tierra Bomba, an island located in front of the luxurious hotel sector of Cartagena (north).
The sea“has devastated 250 homes in the community, the health post, docks (...) it took away several community halls, electrical infrastructure” and the cemetery, this 53-year-old woman tells through tears.
The destroyed tombs, which were a safe distance from the Caribbean Sea, are so old that there is no information about relatives to be responsible for collecting the remains.
In Cartagena, adding to the problem of the effects of climate change is the fact that Colombia's main commercial port was built on land with underground cavities that collapse, causing it to sink.“Unfortunately, the island has been the victim of an erosive process (...) that has increased exponentially in recent decades,” says the community leader.
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