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Climate Refugees

Escaping Global Warming: Climate Refugees in Alaska

Residents of a tiny coastal town in Alaska will soon be among America’s first climate change refugees, forced from their homes by flooding caused by melting permafrost. The 340 residents of Newtok, Alaska have seen the Ninglick River overtake their town, forcing them to rely on a network of boardwalks to get from building to [...]

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