Land Sheared News Today

Chunks of land sheared away and home after home was destroyed by storms that grew stronger and stronger every year. >> the story of the village that disappeared is by no means isolated, and its by no means over. >> obama saw in shishmaref a frightening future if global warming continued unabated. >> the climate is getting warmer, and if you think of us being in a car where were speeding towards a cliff, were starting to try to tap on the brakes. if we do what we need to do over the next 20, 30, ...

>> this is shishmaref, alaska, just south of the arctic circle and about as far west as you can go in the continental united states. >> about 15 years ago the people of a small thousand year old ocean front hunting village notice something odd. >> barack obama spoke about the town in his first major speech on climate change in r. >> ice that protected their village began to grow slushy and weak. >> obama had read about the troubles of shishmaref in a new york article. soon, the village itself be...

♪ >> obama had read about the troubles in a new york article. soon the village itself began to disappear. ♪ >> chunks of land sheared away and home after home was destroyed by storms that grew stronger and stronger every year. >> the story of the village that disappeared is by no means isolate and it is by no means over. ♪ >> obama saw there a frightening future if global warming continued unabated. >> the climate is getting warmer and if you think of us being in a car where were speeding ...