Sea Level Rise
Collection Notes
This collection features stories and lessons which document sea level rise from the American shores of Alaska and Louisiana, to the arctic regions of Antarctica and Greenland, and the island country of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. In each of these stories, we meet individuals and communities who are bearing witness to change and face the decision to relocate inland due to rising seas.
Images document the majesty and beauty of icebergs and the fragile environment of the polar regions.
These photographs capture a modern Inupiaq community in Alaska facing evacuation due to climate change.
Learn the story of Kiribati, where rising seas are forcing this entire island nation to relocate.
Meet two residents of a tiny island vanishing in the rising waters of the Louisiana Bayou.