Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska
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Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska
Residents of towns and villages in Arctic Alaska live on "the front line of climate change." Some communities face immediate threats from erosion and flooding associated with thawing permafrost, increasing river flows, and reduced sea ice protection of shorelines. The term climigration, referring to migration caused by climate change, originally was coined for these places. Although initial app...
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عنوان ژورنال: Population and Environment
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0199-0039,1573-7810
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-016-0259-6