Early Warming

In Shishmaref Alaska new seawalls are constructed while residents navigate the many practical and bureaucratic obstacles to moving their entire island village to higher ground. Farther south inland hunters and fishermen set out to grow more of their own foodand to support the reintroduction of wood bison an ancient species well suited to expected habitat changes. First Nations people in Canada team with conservationists to protect land for both local use and environmental resilience.. In Early Warming Alaskan Writer Laureate Nancy Lord takes a cuttingedge look at how communities in the Northwhere global warming is amplified and climatechange effects are most immediateare responding with desperation and creativity. This beautifully written and measured narrative takes us deep into regions where the indigenous people who face lifethreatening change also demonstrate impressive conservation ethics and adaptive capacities. Underpinned by a long acquaintance with the North and backed with scientific and political sophistication Lord''s vivid account brings the challenges ahead for us all into icewater clarity.