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Portable Homes Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change

See how one Alaskan community is dealing with the effects of rising Arctic temperatures.

Aired 02/08/2022

NOVA

Portable Homes Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change

Clip: Season 49 Episode 1 | 4m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

See how one Alaskan community is dealing with the effects of rising Arctic temperatures.

As Alaska's permafrost thaws, Indigenous communities are looking for housing solutions, including building homes on steel sleds.

Aired 02/08/2022

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Arctic Sinkholes Preview

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In the Arctic, enormous releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, threaten the climate (30s)

What's Causing Water to Bubble in the Arctic?

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Scientists look for the source of large bubbles in an Arctic lake. (4m 21s)

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