A third set of human remains were found in Nevada's Lake Mead on 25 July as water levels have receded to historic lows during a drought fueled by climate change.
Experts say these newly found remains are likely just the beginning. As human-caused climate change warms the planet and intensifies droughts, remnants of the past may continue being unearthed from receding waters.
"I would expect human remains of missing persons will probably be revealed over time, as the water level continues to recede," Jennifer Byrnes, a forensic anthropologist that consults with the Clark County coroner's office,Eric Bartelink, a forensic anthropologist at California State University's Chico Human Identification Lab, told Insider the dropping water levels have uncovered cases that have been hiding beneath the surface for years.
"For us, it's really just potentially more opportunities to find missing persons and more likelihood that certain cases are going to be discovered," he said, adding,"It's just going to reveal more things that were in water that you normally wouldn't have access to very easily."
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