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Bookmark or Share- Relocating Kivalina | U.S. Climate Resilience ToolkitRising seas and coastal erosion are eating away at the barrier island on which the Alaska Native Village of Kivalina rests. Residents and others are making concerted efforts to move the community to safety.
- Kivalina – Northwest Arctic BoroughKivalina is located between the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina River at the tip of an 8-mile barrier reef. Erosion and wind-driven ice have resulted in plans to relocate the village to a new site 2.5 miles away.
- Alaska Storm Bears Down on Village That Spearheaded Climate Change BattleAs a superstorm of historic proportions slams Alaska’s West Coast, one of the low-lying villages at grave risk is Kivalina, the tiny community already so battered by climate change, it three...
- An Alaskan Town Is Losing Ground—and a Way of LifeKivalina, a barrier island north of the Arctic Circle, is one of seventy-three Alaska Native villages threatened with destruction because of climate change. Photographs by Ash...
- Kivalina, Alaska - WikipediaKivalina is an Inupiat community first reported as "Kivualinagmut" in 1847 by Lt. Lavrenty Zagoskin of the Imperial Russian Navy. It has long been a stopping place for travelers between Arctic coastal areas and Kotzebue Sound communities.
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