As Permafrost Thaws, Western Alaska Village Cemeteries Sink Into Swampland

Anchorage Daily News

Climate change is thawing the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s permafrost, and communities have stopped burying their dead because the oldest part of their cemetery is sinking. Some graves are completely underwater. One village is trying to move them to higher ground but doesn’t have the money.

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