CLIMATE CHANGE

In A Warmer World, Alaskan Villages Melt Away

Alaska is the "tip of the spear" on global warming, and some of its native villages are literally disappearing.

by Margaret Kriz

Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008


The Alaskans who live in native villages have been among the first to feel the effects of global warming--what some call a "fever on the earth." Some will have to leave their homes because of melting permafrost, accelerating erosion, and increasingly intense storms.

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