Editing Utqiagvik, Alaska (section)

====Consequences of global warming====
The Arctic region is warming at a rate that is three times the global average,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stancil |first=Kenny |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Arctic warming three times faster than average rate of the planet, study finds |url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/arctic-warming-three-times-faster-than-average-rate-of-planet-study-finds/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=People's World}}</ref> forcing major adjustments to life on the North Slope with regard to hunting and whaling practices over the prior millennium, as well as to habitation. Thinner sea ice endangers the landing of [[bowhead whale]] strikes on offshore ice by springtime whalers. Caribou habitat is also affected while thawing soil threatens homes and municipal and commercial structures. The city's infrastructure is endangered, particularly water, sanitation, power, and road stability. The shoreline is rapidly eroding and has been encroaching on buildings for decades. According to Dr. Harold Wanless of the [[University of Miami]], an anticipated rise in sea level and consequent global warming is inevitable, meaning the existence of Utqiagvik at its current location is doomed in the relative geological short term.<ref>[https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.7/indigenous-affairs-climate-change-what-choice-do-we-have As the Arctic warms, the Inupiat adapt], ''[[High Country News]]'', Jenna Kunze, July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jamail |first=Dahr |date=January 2019 |title=The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption |location=New York|publisher=The New Press |pages=181–206, 115–131 |isbn=978-1-62097-234-2 }}</ref> Smoothed data from NOAA show<!-- dat is plural --> that Utqiagvik has warmed by more than {{convert|11|F-change|abbr=on}} since 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ClimTrends/Change/TempChange.html|title=Temperature Changes in Alaska &#124; Alaska Climate Research Center|access-date=November 1, 2020|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101916/http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ClimTrends/Change/TempChange.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 5, 2022, Utqiagvik broke its previous record for the warmest winter temperature, hitting {{convert|40|F|C|abbr=on}}.