As the climate crisis causes water levels to plummet, riverbeds to dry and glaciers to melt, artifacts like old warships, an ancient city and human remains have emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
34 years ago, during the construction of a dam, the mosque, called Noori Masjid in Bihar, India, disappeared underwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In early September this year, after high temperatures and a lack of rainfall caused water levels to fall, the entire mosque surfaced for the first time since it was inundated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe mosque was there \u2013 we knew it. It was completely flooded after the dam was constructed,\u201d said a person in the village where the mosque is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to climate experts, the mosque\u2019s reappearance points to severe drought conditions in one of India\u2019s poorest states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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