The Original Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living Portal (since 2009)
barrier island, Tag
- 400 Alaskan villagers are set to be the U.S.’s first climate change refugees Tue, 11 Aug 15, 3:00amKivalina is a tiny, remote Alaskan village that sits on a barrier island some 83 miles above the Arctic circle, and the most recent estimates show that the village—home to 400 people—will be entirely underwater by 2025...
- 10,000 Walruses Come Ashore in Alaska as Arctic Sea Ice Declines Thu, 3 Oct 13, 11:00pmIn an extraordinary phenomenon, an estimated 10,000 walruses have gathered on a small barrier island near Point Lay in Alaska. Spotted by scientists from NOAA last Friday, the walruses have come ashore as shrinking Arctic...
- 657 new islands discovered by satellite imagery. Of course, they are immediately declared threatened by sea level rise Thu, 21 Apr 11, 5:30pmFrom LiveScience.com Here’s something you don’t see every day — hundreds of new islands have been discovered around the world. The Earth has 657 more barrier islands than previously thought, according to a...