US EditionAlaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Federal funding cuts and lack of coordination hinder protection and relocation efforts for 144 Alaska Native villages facing erosion, flooding, and permafrost thaw, report says.
- Indigenous villages in Alaska are increasingly vulnerable to flooding, erosion, and thawing permafrost caused by climate change.
- Two October storms, including the remnants of Typhoon Halong, caused significant damage to dozens of communities, displacing residents.
- Relocating these villages is a lengthy process with little funding and coordination from the federal government.
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Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change — and revived questions about their sustainability in a region being reshaped by frequent flooding, thawing permafrost and landscape-devouring erosion.
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