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America's climate refugee crisis has already begun
2016-01-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: In the small town of Newtok, Alaska, a Yupik village of about 350 people, children once played on endless fields of frozen permafrost. Now, they splash in salt water pools and teeter on boardwalks as the permafrost below thaws and the Ninglick River chips away at the community. Soon even the boards will be swallowed by the rising tides. In 2017, it is projected that the highest point in Newtok - the school building - will be underwater. For these Alaskans, climate change is not just a global temperature...
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