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"For Alaskan Coastal Village Residents, Erosion Hits Home" [1]

"Melting permafrost and major storms are eating away at the coastal Alaskan village of Newtok. Residents are desperate to move, but the U.S. has no climate change relocation plan that could help them."

Rachel Waldholz reports for NPR December 18, 2017. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Cemeteries Turn To Swamps As Alaska's Permafrost Melts" (NPR) [3]

"How To Survive Climate Change? Clues Are Buried In The Arctic" (NPR) [4]

Climate Change [5]
People & Population [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [7]
Public [8]
Source: NPR [2], 12/18/2017
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alaskan-coastal-village-residents-erosion-hits-home [2] https://www.npr.org/2017/12/18/571579662/for-alaskan-coastal-village-residents-erosion-hits-home [3] https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571300619/cemeteries-turn-to-swamps-as-alaskas-permafrost-melts [4] https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/17/571050071/how-to-survive-climate-change-clues-are-buried-in-the-arctic [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81