It's all so confusing: If this Alaskan site "has always been defined by climate change" including sudden, dramatic shifts, are we sure that we can stop climate change there by driving electric cars in Topeka?

Arctic archaeological sites are now falling into the sea

Climate change likely means problems for our future, but it's also capable of doing damage to the past. A 500-year-old Alaskan site was first revealed as the ice melted, but now erosion is pulling the site into the sea.
...It's kind of an archaeological catch-22: if the warmer climate hadn't melted the ice, we likely never would have discovered the site in the first place.
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It seems bitterly appropriate that the archaeology of Nunalleq suggests a site that has always been defined by climate change. The site was occupied between 1350 and 1650, which means it coincides with the onset of the Little Ice Age, which would have forced the Yup'ik to adapt very quickly to the sudden, dramatic shift in climate.
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Dr. Knecht argues the site is "a story of resilience in the face of very rapid climate change."