Aaron Silco News Today

About 600 people live in a small village on an island off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. The combination of climate change and lack of local resources has led to a food and water shortage that might force residents to flee.

Climate change is partially to blame for the rising seas, flooding, erosion and loss of protective ice and land

Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and you'll see homes perilously close to the ocean, and headlines that warn this Native community in

The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is located on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near the Bering Strait that separates the U.S. and Russia

SHISHMAREF, Alaska -- Search online for the little town of Shishmaref and youll see homes perilously close to the ocean, and headlines that warn this Native community in western Alaska is on the verge of disappearing.

Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, to vote twice to relocate

The Arctic had been warming twice as fast as the globe as a whole, 3 times in some seasons

The Arctic had been warming twice as fast as the globe as a whole, 3 times in some seasons

The Arctic had been warming twice as fast as the globe as a whole, 3 times in some seasons

The Arctic had been warming twice as fast as the globe as a whole, 3 times in some seasons