Alaskan villages imperiled by global warming need resources to relocate | Victoria Herrmann
by Victoria Herrmann from on (#FJED)
Climate change rendering coastlines uninhabitable is starkest in the Arctic, but places like New Jersey and California will soon be at risk too
The Arctic is warming at a rate almost twice the global average, making climate change's effects there far more intense and rapid than any other ecosystem in the world. While nature photographs of polar bears and melting ice dominate media narratives, the top of the world is home to 4m people who face an uncertain future.
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