Shishmaref, a barrier island village of about 600 on the northern Seward Peninsula, is losing land to the Bering Sea because warmer temperatures have reduced the length of time the village is protected by shorefast ice.
With thinner sea ice arriving later and leaving earlier in the year, coastal communities are experiencing more intensified storms with [...]
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck a reef in the Prince William Sound and poured 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into the sea. Wiping out the marine life in the area, the oil spill eventually stretched over 11,000 square miles. The world was shocked to see images of blackened seabirds, [...]
One of the most notable things about global warming is that the sea levels in all sorts of places around the world are increasing. From Hawaii’s Waikiki Beach to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to the country of Iceland it can be seen that global warming is beginning to make an impact in places [...]
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