In Alaska, some coastal areas are threatened by climate change because

A) warmer air temperatures have drastically altered agricultural patterns.
B) much of the Aleutian archipelago has already been submerged.
C) sea ice and permafrost have melted, increasing wave action and soil instability.
D) traditional fish used for food migrated elsewhere to escape the colder ocean temperatures.


C

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