A remote Alaska village is slowly sinking as the frozen ground beneath it thaws, releasing ancient carbon locked away for thousands of years
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In Point Lay village in northern Alaska, the thawing of permafrost, which has remained frozen for years, is making the settlement increasingly unstable. In the village, inhabited by the Iñupiat community, the ground is collapsing in places, affecting homes, roads, and other infrastructure.
A remote Alaska village is slowly sinking as the frozen ground beneath it thaws, releasing ancient carbon locked away for thousands of years
US News: A remote village on Alaska’s North Slope is facing a growing threat from beneath its feet. In Point Lay, also known as Kali, thawing ice-rich ground i.
‘Foundational instability’: As permafrost thaws, Nunainguk’s ground is shifting beneath its residents’ feet
Chaim Andersen, infrastructure planning co-ordinator for the Nunatsiavut Government. Photo by Frey Blake-Pijogge This story was originally published in The Narwhal and appears here with minor style edits. In central Nunainguk (Nain), the largest community in Nunatsiavut (northern “Labrador”), Joey Angnatok used shipping containers to build his warehouse. He placed the two sea cans on hefty steel H-beams, leaving some room beneath them, should h…
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