Editing Newtok, Alaska (section)

==Environmental issues==
[[File:Newtok 1974 022 (7158847147).jpg|thumb|Building that functioned as the [[Head Start (program)|Head Start]] school and church, 1974]]
In 2007, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that erosion made Newtok an island between the widening Ningliq River and a [[Slough (hydrology)|slough]] to the north, because Alaskan [[permafrost]] is melting due to [[climate change]].<ref name=NYTimes-TownSeeksLifeline-2007>{{cite news|last1=Yardley|first1=William|title=Victim of Climate Change, a Town Seeks a Lifeline|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/us/27newtok.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 27, 2007}}</ref> Coastal storms and thawing permafrost have worn away the land upon which Newtok was built. According to ''The New York Times'' article, because the village is below sea-level and sinking, the town could be washed away within a decade.<ref name=NYTimes-TownSeeksLifeline-2007 />

Erosion of the tundra by the river has destroyed much of the area of the village, including the barge dock.<ref name=BBCNews-ErodedFuture-2008>{{cite news|last1=Chittenden|first1=Stephen|title=Alaska village faces eroded future|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7669143.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]]' March 2009 report estimates the highest point in the town, the high school, will be under water by the year 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Alaska District, CEPOA-EN-CW-PF|title=Alaska Baseline Erosion Assessment: Study Findings and Technical Report|url=http://climatechange.alaska.gov/docs/iaw_USACE_erosion_rpt.pdf|work=[[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]|date=March 2009|location=Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska}}</ref><ref name=UNC-PoweringANation-ClimateAlaska-2009>{{cite news|title=Climate Refugees: Alaskan village stands on leading edge of climate change|url=http://pan.jomc.unc.edu/project/alaskan-village-stands-on-leading-edge-of-climate-change/|work=Powering a Nation|publisher=School of Journalism and Mass Communication, [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]|date=2009|location=Chapel Hill, NC}}</ref>

The town was featured in the 2009 [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel's]] TV show, ''[[Tougher in Alaska]],'' in the episode called "Dangerous Earth."<ref name=History-TougherInAlaska-2009>{{cite news|title=About Tougher in Alaska|url=http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=58674&display_order=1&mini_id=58444|work=Tougher in Alaska|publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]|date=June 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318050348/http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=58674&display_order=1&mini_id=58444|archive-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>

In 2015, Newtok was one of the two towns featured in the [[Al Jazeera English]] ''[[Fault Lines (TV series)|Fault Lines]]'' documentary, ''When the Water Took the Land.''<ref name=AlJazeera-FaultLines-WhenTheWaterTook-2015>{{cite news|title=Alaska: When the Water Took the Land|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/faultlines/2015/12/alaska-water-land-151221103853364.html|work=[[Fault Lines (TV series)|Fault Lines]]|publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]]|date=December 22, 2015}}</ref><ref name=ADN-FaultLinesDocumentary-2015>{{cite news|last1=Alaska News|title=Al Jazeera documentary tells tale of two eroding Alaska villages|url=https://www.adn.com/environment/article/eroding-villages-subject-al-jazeera-documentary/2015/12/18/|work=[[Alaska Dispatch News]]|date=December 18, 2015}}</ref>

By 2019, the first residents moved to a new town, [[Mertarvik]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ki|first=Greg|url=https://www.kyuk.org/post/after-20-year-wait-newtok-residents-leave-home-pioneer-mertarvik|title=After 20 Year Wait, Newtok Residents Leave Home To Pioneer Mertarvik |work=KYUK|publisher=[[Bethel Broadcasting, Incorporated]]|date=October 22, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>

In 2022 [[Patagonia, Inc.|Patagonia]] released a feature-length documentary on Newtok.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newtok - Patagonia |url=https://www.patagonia.com/stories/newtok/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.patagonia.com}}</ref>