The world is getting warmer.  The weather is getting weirder.  And in Alaska we have a front row seat. This season, Alaska’s Energy Desk  delves into one of the biggest challenges facing the state right now: climate change.

The land Newtok was built on is eroding away, threatening not just the village, but a way of life.

Cod are disappearing in the Gulf of Alaska. Is this a preview of what’s to come as the oceans warm?

As pressure to address climate change slowly builds around the world, what’s an oil company to do?

On climate change, and so many other things, Senator Murkowski finds herself in the middle.

As polar bears lose their habitat in the Arctic, they have no choice but to come to shore and try to live in ours. 

Alaska is on the verge of a new oil boom — and the village of Nuiqsut is right in the middle. 

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