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Science: Navajo Reflections on Climate Change

Hear personal observations about how the environment—plant life, in particular—has changed in the Navajo Nation, in this video segment adapted from Navajo Technical College. One Elder describes how the environment used to be in balance, and there was an abundance of vegetation and corn, but now she believes the environment is decaying. A professor of environmental science describes how when he was a child, there seemed to be more of a monsoon season, the vegetation was more lush, and some native plants were easier to find.

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