Nature World: Alaska has been subject to increasing evidence of global climate change. According to a recent report from the Unites States Global Change Research Program, Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the rest of the US, resulting in shrinking glaciers, thawing permafrost and a disappearing sea ice.
Being so close to the polar region - where the effects of global climate change are most apparent - allows Alaska to serve as the nation's first warning system for increasing changes.
According...