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Last Saturday,NBC Television's chief meteorologist,Al Roker went to Utquiagvic,Alaska,to join NASA,NOAA and the National Science Foundation,to observe their research in the Arctic.
This area is warming twice as fast as the lower latitudes and after the Marshallese Islanders,The native people of Utquiagvic are expected to be the next climate refugees.
Late ice,thin ice,early melt,melting of the permafrost,storm surge,are all conspiring to remove their traditional ways of life.
The scientists are gathering data for the climate models,hoping to be able to better predict the near and longer term future prospects for the region.
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