“A place in crisis”: Is Tangier Island America's first climate change casualty?
On a clear day, a peaceful boat ride to the middle of the Chesapeake Bay will bring you to Tangier Island, which is home to about 450 people facing a dire threat. Their island is slowly disappearing due to sea level change and shoreline erosion. “You’ve got a remote community that’s a working theocracy in many ways, that is facing…