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PBS NewsHour. Will the traditions of tiny Tangier Island survive or sink? /

Life on Tangier Island has always been defined by water. Now it is menacing its very existence. Battered by Chesapeake Bay's relentless waves, scientists say the land’s shrinking is accelerating, as man-made climate change makes the waves from rising seawater worse. John Yang talks with Earl Sw...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Climatic changes > Virginia > Tangier Island.
Coast changes > Virginia > Tangier Island.
Tangier Island (Va.)
Climatic changes.
Coast changes.
Virginia > Tangier Island.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Life on Tangier Island has always been defined by water. Now it is menacing its very existence. Battered by Chesapeake Bay's relentless waves, scientists say the land’s shrinking is accelerating, as man-made climate change makes the waves from rising seawater worse. John Yang talks with Earl Swift, author of Chesapeake Requiem, and examines how life in the singular community is threatened.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 03, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (9 minutes)
Playing Time:00:08:16