It is reported that since 1969, the ocean has eaten away 200 feet of land along the coast of already tiny Sarichef Island where Shishmaref is located. In the past, a sheet of ice forming in fall and lasting through spring kept the Chukchi sea blanketed and calm. Warming sea temperatures in the Arctic mean the ocean is freezing later. When fall and winter storms occur, packing winds that have traveled uninterrupted over thousands of miles of open sea, the surf thus generated claws at the barrier island without mercy. Particularly violent storms can rip away massive chunks of land. Entire homes have been washed away, a fate this abandoned house appears to be facing. Photograph: October 10, 2010
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I don’t really “like” what you are describing here, but it’s important to know. I only hope that there is enough time to turn the tide and prevent more of this in Alaska and around the world.
Nicely stated.
I feel bad for the village and its inhabitants losing their ancestral home
The fate of many is in our hands.All our relations… fur, fin, and human are depending on us to change the way we consume everything if the globe is to stay cool enough to live upon.Our carbon footprint is too much for Earth to bear.