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fish haVe been moving up the f'zphmm coast. Dolphin were taken last year >m- far north as Oregon. i ,... ' Weather patterns have been disvj runted .^JLast year, for the first time in history, a hurricane struct Hawaii. At Point Barrow, tne northern-most part of Alaska, the ice went out earlier In 1957 than ever before.Changes have also taken place “on the Atlantic. The life of the Greenland Eskimo has been revolutioniaed. When seals were plentiful the Eskimos wcre self-sufli-j cient. Seals provided meat, skinsb for clothing and sheltejtf^hd oil/ for lamps, - When warmer7’weather drovej the seals north,- the ecpnotny wasj wrecked. But cod,fish moved north too; and ’became plentiful near Greenland, The Eskimos turned to fishing, which offered income, but not all the uses of the seals.; They were forced to convert to aj monev-based economy. . •.'■}■
Ice Melts, Oceans Rise
As the world’s icecaps melt andj glaciers become smaller, more water is released to the oceans. The sea level has been rising an eighth of-an inch a year. If it continues; some coastal cities eventually mayhave to build dikes.
Climatologists differ on the cause of the warming. Some set the change as part of the Ice Agt cycle, with the ice retreating as it
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