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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Ruairi Casey

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

The weckage of a World War II German warship is seen in the Danube in Prahovo, Serbia, on August 18, 2022 [Reuters/Fedja Grulovic]

As the climate crisis causes water levels to plummet, riverbeds to dry and glaciers to melt, artefacts like old warships, an ancient city and human remains have emerged. This story is part of “Climate artefacts”, a mini-series telling the stories behind the people, places and objects that have been discovered due to drought and warming temperatures.

Around midnight on September 6, 1944, a series of loud explosions woke Vojislav Lapadatovic from his sleep in the Serbian village of Prahovo.

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