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Temperatures have risen in Alaska by as much as 3 degrees centigrade in the last 60 years. This has lead to huge areas of permefrost melting. As everything sits on the permafrost, infrastructure is starting to collapse into holes in the ground. A lamp post falling over in Fairbanks, Alaska. Currnetly two thirds of the Alaska state highways department budget is spent on repairing damage caused by melting permafrost.
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