The gloable warming
The ice in the arctic circle is gradually melting due to the global warming. The rising water is gnawing the coastal settelments in this area.
In the bykovsky ,village of four hundred thirty seven on the northeast coast of russia, the shoreline is collapsing,creeping closer and closer to the houses and heating oil tanks, at a speed of fifteen to eighteen feet every year . In fact it's a permafrost,and all the ice here is melting .for the four million people living in the arctic circle,changing climate brings new opportunities. But it also threatens their environment and their houses .particularly, the the traditional culture of the aborigines shaped by the ice-bond wilderness is facing the threats in its preservation.
As ice in the arctic sea is melting ,the development of the arctic area began to accelerate ,bringing both river, and dangerous to the people live here .after the discovery of the vast petroleum field in the seas,concerns are raising about the catastrophic accidents caused by the ships carrying the oil through the fisheries off scandinavia to the markets in europe and north america .along with the rapid growth of the energy industry in this area ,this untouched land could be polluted by the power plants,smokestacks and large viechles .
Alask also faces the problem of coastal erosion. In order to solve it ,the us government want to resettle several inuit villages at the projected cost of 100 million us dollars or more for each one.
In this area, indigenous tribes that have been living in this extremely cold world of ice and snow for hundreds of years ,and developed their unique culture.and now,they began to notice the changes of the weather and wilde animals,though they are trying to adapt ,but it is not easy for them.
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