This year was one of the warmest and wettest in recorded history, and permafrost thaw is causing the ground at the mass gravesite to sink.
Permafrost thaw and storms are drivers.
In villages like Kongiganak, communities have stopped burying their dead because, as the permafrost melts, the oldest part of their cemetery is sinking.
Flooding, permafrost melt and other climate impacts that threaten the long-term viability of cemeteries
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