By Associated Press and Alexandra Klausner Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is touring Jamestown, Virginia and says it's clear that rising seas are taking a toll on America's first permanent European settlement. Jewell trekked and bused her way Thursday through the 1,600-acre island in Virginia's Tidewater region. Guided by National Park Service rangers, Jewell saw sections of the island that now lie beneath the James River and heard of the devastation in 2003, when Hurricane Isabel raked the low-lying landscape. United States Interior Secretary Sally Jewel (pictured) toured Jamestown to highlight climate change's threat to the first permanent European settlement in America
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is touring Jamestown, Virginia and says it's clear rising sea levels are taking its toll on the historic site
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Jamestown was founded in 1607 and is America's first permanent European settlement
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A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) said that Jamestown will likely be underwater by the end of the century
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According to the UCS, Jamestown is just on of 30 historical sites across America in danger of disappearing
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In the West, wildfires followed by flooding threaten to decimate national parks
In an interview with The @placeholder between stops, Jewell called Jamestown a 'hot spot' for climate change.