Factoid/2016/08/29
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An Entire Village in Alaska is Voting Whether to Relocate
- "The residents of an Alaskan coastal village have begun voting on whether to relocate because of rising sea levels. If they vote to move, the village of Shishmaref, just north of the Bering Strait, and its population of 650 people, could be the first in the US to do so because of climate change." - excerpt from article in The Guardian. Update: They did vote to relocate.
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