Climate change impacts Indigenous Peoples' health. Degradation of the quality of surface waters has increased, resulting from new floods and the thawing of permafrost, which increases risk of gastrointestinal diseases . The 2007 flood on Alazaya River was of special importance and was locally identified to have produced the first regional 'climate refugees' . Warming has expanded the distribution of new disease-carrying insects and ticks into new territories . Ancient cemeteries and campsites, as well as the burial sites of reindeer, become dangerous as permafrost thaws and coastal erosion proceeds.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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