Obama: Alaska's warming climate is wake-up call to US, world
By JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
Sep 2, 2015 9:11 PM CDT
President Barack Obama, accompanied by local fishermen, speaks to members of the media on Kanakanak Beach, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Dillingham, Alaska. Obama is on a historic three-day trip to Alaska aimed at showing solidarity with a state often overlooked by Washington, while using its glorious...   (Associated Press)

KOTZEBUE, Alaska (AP) — President Barack Obama says Alaska's warming climate is a wake-up call to America and should be a wake-up call for the rest of the world, too.

Obama is in Kotzebue, Alaska, a small town north of the Arctic Circle.

On his way there Wednesday, he flew over the island village of Kivalina. The Alaska Native community of 400 is sinking into the ocean because of rising sea levels.

Obama says there aren't many other places in America going through what Kivalina's residents are facing. But he says there could be if America and the world don't act quickly enough against climate change.

The president has spent the past three days in Alaska to illustrate his message that climate change is here and must be dealt with.

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