After the same hair-raising pattern of events occurred the following year, the state government set about building a ten-foot-tall protective seawall. On the day of its scheduled completion, a celebratory dinner was planned. The appointed day, however, brought a gray sky and a restless ocean. As swells began to ran against the wall, a powerful one pulled the sand out from underneath. Within a month, the $2.5 million "sand castle," in Pickner's estimation-was destroyed by the sea. Kivalina's serious situation has been worsened by a changing climate. Historically, the Chukchi Sea had turned solid by early winter, with a snow cushion forming along the shore in the fall, which protected the island from autumn storms. Over the past half century, however, the average annual temperature here has risen more than three degrees. As a result, sea ice forms later in the year, while storms occur earlier. Kivalinans know they have to move. In the 1990s, even before global warming was widely recognized, they targeted a pair of possible relocation sites to the east and south, but the government department found geological problems with both. Now the village is fast running out of time. "Before, leaving was of our choice, " Swan says. "Now it's an emergency situation." 68. Pickner is someone . A. who works as headmaster of a schoolB. whose house was damaged in a stormC. who has made the island smaller by 20 acres 【查看更多】
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