Climate Forum on Coastal Erosion with Shishmaref, Alaska Natives

Rep. Henry A. Waxman and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, co-chairs of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change, hosted representatives from the Alaskan village of Shishmaref to discuss how climate change is threatening their home. Warming temperatures are contributing to thawing permafrost and melting sea ice around the village's island, making its shoreline more vulnerable to extreme erosion. As a result, the entire community may have no choice but to relocate.