In the closing episode of the Permafrost Thaw season, we hear stories of landscape change that have long-sustained and been observed by Native people in Alaska's Kuskokwim River area. We hear their stories of adaptation, including managed retreat of buildings away from rapidly eroding riverbanks. We are reminded of ways in which permafrost thaw relates to distant, global populations. topics and purpose: changes to the land described by the Yup'ik people, and adaptation approaches in present t...
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In the closing episode of the Permafrost Thaw season, we hear stories of landscape change that have long-sustained and been observed by Native people in Alaska's Kuskokwim River area. We hear their stories of adaptation, including managed retreat of buildings away from rapidly eroding riverbanks. We are reminded of ways in which permafrost thaw relates to distant, global populations. topics and purpose: changes to the land described by the Yup'ik people, and adaptation approaches in present t...
In this episode, we learn the Yup'ik term for climate change-induced catastrophic land collapse, which occurs due to permafrost thaw, erosion, and flooding: Usteq. We hear several definitions of the term, utilized by researchers and the government, and learn how these land changes are impacting communities in Western Alaska, in real-time. topics and purpose: the long observed changes to the land described by the Yup'ik people, and related stress in present times terms defined: usteq, land sub...
Ice and Fire
In the closing episode of the Permafrost Thaw season, we hear stories of landscape change that have long-sustained and been observed by Native people in Alaska's Kuskokwim River area. We hear their stories of adaptation, including managed retreat of buildings away from rapidly eroding riverbanks. We are reminded of ways in which permafrost thaw relates to distant, global populations. topics and purpose: changes to the land described by the Yup'ik people, and adaptation approaches in present t...
