Global Warming Forces an Alaska Town to Relocate

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By Eliza Strickland
Apr 28, 2009 12:42 AMNov 5, 2019 9:00 PM
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The 340 residents of Newtok, Alaska will soon be among the first "climate refugees" in the United States. Global warming has battered the tiny coastal town:

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