Waiting for the Flood

Kivalina has a total land area of 1.9 square miles.                   Bob Hallinen/AP

The 400 Inuit residents of an island village off the coast of Alaska are destined to become the world's first climate refugees when the ocean covers their land in 10 years' time. Meanwhile, the area is becoming more and more attractive—and accessible, thanks to the receding ice—as a huge source of fossil fuel (story, video): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23346370