The Race to Save Arctic Cities As Permafrost Melts
The Race to Save Arctic Cities As Permafrost Melts
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 15, 201811m 59s
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Show Notes
This storyoriginally appeared on CityLaband is part of theClimate Deskcollaboration. In Russia, buildings are sagging and crumbling. In Greenland, a wildfire broke out last year. And in Alaska, entire villages may be relocated because the land upon which they’re built is no long trustworthy. All across the North, the very ground is changing, and the buildings and roads built upon the thawing permafrost are shifting and cracking.
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