United States: Alaska hardest hit by US climate change
By | Published: April 30, 2008
United Press International: Scientists say Alaska leads the rest of the United States in experiencing the effects of global warning. Researchers from the universities of New Hampshire and Maine said small Alaskan villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion and soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping trucks. In an effort to better understand how the Pacific Northwest fits into the larger climate-change picture, the scientists are heading to Denali National Park to recover ice …
United States: Alaska hardest hit by US climate change
United Press International: Scientists say Alaska leads the rest of the United States in experiencing the effects of global warning. Researchers from the universities of New Hampshire and Maine said small Alaskan villages are slipping into the sea due to coastal erosion and soggy permafrost is cracking buildings and trapping trucks. In an effort to better understand how the Pacific Northwest fits into the larger climate-change picture, the scientists are heading to Denali National Park to recover ice …
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