SAGE News Clips: Climate RefugeesDescription: Residents of the Isle de Jean Charles in southern Louisiana have been designated as the first climate refugees in the United States. Former island resident and tribal secretary of the Native American tribe that once inhabited the island, Hilton Chaisson, says she will simply clean up the flood damage and move back--over and over again. Climate experts, however, think that Chaisson and other tribal members will have no choice but to permanently move as the island will no longer exist as the rising sea levels "swallow" the island.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 399 and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test and answer the following
questions:The video credits which of the following as the root of the problem facing the Isle de Jean Charles?
A. climate change
B. freshwater decline
C. marine life damage
D. all of these
Answer: A
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