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Climate change batters this Arctic island—can the community cope?

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Alaska. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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From vanishing ice to shifting walruses, Native Alaskans living on Little Diomede have watched their home transform with disturbing speed…

Read Full Article, National Geographic (12-03-2018)

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