Sand dunes disappear with more frequent and powerful storms in Western Alaska. These storms have impacted bird nesting grounds and tundra plants.
The spill followed a sudden rise in warm temperatures in recent days. Hooper Bay Mayor Sandra Hill said that the thaw and rain had melted the previously frozen land surrounding the sewage lagoon, causing a wall of the lagoon to cave.
Permafrost thaw is causing tundra to sink and pool water.
Two quakes shook the coast of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Tuesday night about 45 miles offshore of the community of Hooper Bay.
We are losing coastline due to erosion and this is a sad sight to witness.
I went to gather some yesterday and there was no water to speak of; in a pond that's has been filled with water my whole life.
Bluff/cliff side erosion along the Ningikfak River.
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