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Share Darlene Turner is an Inupiaq Eskimo living on a battle line. Not the military kind, the climate change kind. With less sea ice to buffer storms, the ocean is washing away chunks of her village and its residents have made a difficult decision to relocate. “Would you relocate?” she asks. Experts believe stories like Turner’s are just a precursor to a massive migratory trend that could have millions of Americans on the move before mid-century. In this episode of "Things That Go Boom," The World's partner podcast from PRX, host Laicie Heeley examines how "climigration" could play out,...

Wetlands Discovery Center breaks ground on Houma education center The South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center broke ground in its new Wetlands Nature exhibit in Houma on Thursday, the first step in what the center hopes will be an educational and recreational destination. The project is the first action in the first phase of a hands-on learning center focused on teaching about land preservation and coastal restoration in innovative ways. The ceremony was a long time coming, according to Jonathan Foret, the center's executive director. “It took 20 years to get to this point, and today is...