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Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming Threatens Shishmaref

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In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, visit the Alaska Native village of Shishmaref, and learn how an entire town may be forced to relocate because of warmer temperatures, melting sea ice, and coastal erosion.

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Concepts
erosion, natural resources
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Additional Tags
atmosphere, climate change evidence, earth system, environment, geologic events, natural hazards, slow, surface processes, weather and climate, pbs learningmedia, teachers' domain, wgbh
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)