by Charles Mudede DieterMeyrl/gettyimage.com
The haunting story published this morning by Anchorage News Daily—"As permafrost thaws, Western Alaska village cemeteries sink into swampland"—is about one of the consequences of our rapidly changing climate. The "thawing [of Alaska's] Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta's permafrost" is causing the cemeteries of area villagers to sink. The article is focused on one particular community in the delta—the Kongiganak, or Kong. The loss of ice in the
The haunting story published this morning by Anchorage News Daily—"As permafrost thaws, Western Alaska village cemeteries sink into swampland"—is about one of the consequences of our rapidly changing climate. The "thawing [of Alaska's] Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta's permafrost" is causing the cemeteries of area villagers to sink. The article is focused on one particular community in the delta—the Kongiganak, or Kong. The loss of ice in the