2/ The average annual temperature of Nuiqsut, a town of 480 people on Alaska’s North Slope, , has risen 4.04 degrees Celsius (7.3 degrees Fahrenheit) since the late 1800s, according to a @washingtonpost analysis.pic.twitter.com/HoJucKO0LQ
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3/ It is, along with a sliver of Siberia and the Norwegian island of Svalbard, the fastest-warming spot of land on Earth. But the community depends on revenue from nearby oil drilling, which not only provides income to many residents but subsidized gas for every home in town.
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4/ AK’s North Slope just had its greatest recorded thaw season, per
@AlaskaWx In Utqiagvik, its biggest town, 2019's average daily temperature was 5.1 degrees Celsius higher than usual. By Dec. 12, all but 32 days had been above normal in what's likely AK's warmest on record.pic.twitter.com/aGlWQhXGS1
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5/ The permafrost here has warmed between 3 and 4 degrees Celsius in the last three decades, to the point that the graves in Nuiqsut’s cemetery are sinking and filling with water. Even oil firms are affected, and are sticking refrigerated tubes in the ground to keep it frozen.pic.twitter.com/K6EqBOKEjf
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6/ Despite this, a new oil boom has arrived in this area: on Wednesday
@BLMNational leased 1 million acres of nearby federal land for oil and gas drilling, at an average price of $11.30 per acre.pic.twitter.com/Myg9LhbhLq
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7/ A Trump administration plan could expand drilling near Teshekpuk Lake, 70 miles from Nuiqsut. The 22-mile wide reservoir hosts 600,000 breeding shorebirds --more than anywhere in the Arctic, denning polar bears, more than 78,000 molting geese and nearly 60,000 caribou.pic.twitter.com/oQqyylkW3H
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8/ Now the town's divided on whether to halt nearby drilling, which some fear could harm the hunting people depend on for half their diet. The village is suing to halt ConocoPhillips’ winter exploration season, arguing BLM did not fully analyze its environmental impact.pic.twitter.com/roUsCObCXT
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9/ Oil has built Nuiqsut. When the village was nearly bankrupt in ‘90s, its leaders struck a deal with oil firms for a a share of drilling royalties. It provides $31K in annual dividends to some residents, and
@conocophillips provides gas to heat everyone’s home for $25/month.pic.twitter.com/EdXeOMc2Ox
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10/ Now the daughter of one of those men, Martha Itta, is fighting the deal. Her elders were nomadic hunters, and she says she's defending Alaska Natives' traditions. “I just think about what my grandma said, when she was alive. I tell myself, I am not going to be defeated.”pic.twitter.com/8YfGbqlOp1
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