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b'(repeat) The seas are rising.\\xa0\\xa0It\\u2019s no longer a rarity to see kayakers paddling through downtown Miami.\\xa0By century\\u2019s end, the oceans could be anywhere from 2 to 6 feet higher, threatening millions of people and property.\\xa0But humans once knew how to adapt to rising waters.\\xa0As high water threatens to drown our cities, can we learn do it again.\\nHear stories of threatened land: submerged Florida suburbs, the original sunken city (Venice), and the U.S. East Coast, where anthropologists rush to catalogue thousands of low-lying historical and cultural sites in harm\\u2019s way, including Jamestown, Virginia and ancient Native American sites.\\xa0\\nBut also, stories of ancient adaptability: from the First American tribes of the Colusa in South Florida to the ice age inhabitants of Doggerland.\\xa0And, modern approaches to staying dry: stilt houses, seawalls, and floating cities.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nJeff Goodell\\u2013\\xa0Journalist and author of \\u201cThe Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World\\u201d\\n\\n\\nBrian Fagan\\u2013\\xa0Archaeologist and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California Santa Barbara, and author of many books including \\u201cThe Attacking Ocean: the Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\n\\nDavid Anderson\\u2013\\xa0Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee.\\xa0His team\\u2019s PLOS ONE paper is \\u201cSea-level rise and archaeological site destruction.\\u201d His\\xa0DINAA\\xa0site\\xa0can be used to generate maps of where people were living in the past, up to ca. 15,000 years ago.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'