Alaskan Village Copes with Impacts of Climate Change
This item is included in the following series/curriculum: PBS NewsHour
- Grade Level: Senior High (10-12)-Adult
- Subjects: Earth Science
- Produced By: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
- Year: 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Running Time: 8m 55s
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In Shishmaref, Alaska - a 600-person village 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle - residents are feeling the effects of climate change: earlier sea ice melts and increasing storm surges. Tom Bearden reports on how the residents are coping.