Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil
NUIQSUT,
Alaska — The varnished wooden cross stands amid a cluster of grave
markers tilted at odd angles in the cemetery, because the ground beneath
them is sinking. Rising temperatures are thawing the once-frozen earth,
forming pools of water that run through the graveyard.
Alaska — The varnished wooden cross stands amid a cluster of grave
markers tilted at odd angles in the cemetery, because the ground beneath
them is sinking. Rising temperatures are thawing the once-frozen earth,
forming pools of water that run through the graveyard.
In late May, Martha Itta buried her 89-year-old grandmother here.
Before the ceremony even began, a young villager had to siphon off water
that had crept into the grave.
Not even the dead are immune from climate change.