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douglas9

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Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:24 PM Monday

Portrait of a Village Lost to the Sea

Some coastal villages in Indonesia’s Central Java province have been largely abandoned in recent years, as rising seas, sinking land, and erosion have left communities and farms underwater.

https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/09/photos-sinking-village-indonesia/684226/?lctg=67d40d0fd3a4ac8ec4093c22

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Also Alaska cbabe Monday #1

cbabe

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1. Also Alaska
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:27 PM
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PBS
https://www.pbs.org › wgbh › frontline › article › alaska-native-villages-climate-change-relocation-rising-seas-warming-arctic
Why Some Alaska Native Villages Are Facing Relocation | FRONTLINE - PBS
Apr 22, 2025Parts of Alaska are warming up to four times faster than most of the rest of the world. That's forcing tough choices for residents of some Alaska Native villages.


New America
https://www.newamerica.org › future-land-housing › blog › entire-alaskan-communities-are-sinking-into-the-oceanand-many-cant-move-inland
Entire Alaskan Communities are Sinking into the Ocean—And Many Can't ...
The Need for Relocation in Alaskan Indigenous Communities Climate change is affecting the Arctic faster and more drastically than anywhere else on the planet. Most concerning for Alaskan villages and communities such as Kwigillingok are the resulting higher erosion rates, thawing permafrost, diminishing sea ice, and increased food insecurity.


AP News
https://apnews.com › article › climate-change-permafrost-melting-alaska-newtok-relocation-moving-292694f057b75f75a9438c794853ee25
Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting ...
Erosion and melting permafrost have just about destroyed the Alaska village of Newtok. About 70 feet of land has been disappearing each year, and all that remains are some dilapidated and largely abandoned

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