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title: Alaskan 4th graders made a clever video about their not-so-white Christmas, but it ended up being something much more powerful.
date: 2015-01-07T04:46:44Z
modified: 2015-01-07T19:51:32Z
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  - Climate Impacts
  - North America
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These kids at the Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat school in Quinhagak, Alaska, did something awesome. They made a super cute and clever video of themselves lamenting a warm, snowless December, shot by teacher James Barthelman. But cuteness aside, this video is also a powerful way of showing how the climate is changing in Alaska — as climate scientist Mike MacCracken has pointed out (read more [here](https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/while-much-of-the-u-s-shivers-alaskan-fourth-graders-bemoan-a-warm-snowless-december-on-youtube/?_r=0)).

Take three minutes to enjoy their video below:


Courtesy of James Barthelman