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Linking climate change with severe flooding in the Alaska village of Galena, Secretary of State John Kerry laid out an ambitious agenda to address greenhouse gas emissions and protect the Arctic Ocean as he accepted the reins of the eight-nation Arctic Council on Friday, April 24, 2015, at a ceremony in Canada. Kerry spent less time addressing Arctic development opportunities than the environment as he accepted the two-year chairmanship for the U.S. -- something sought by Alaska leaders as melting sea ice opens new areas for resource extraction. When he did mention development, he said it must be done carefully to protect communities on the ground that could be hurt by ocean acidification and other rapid changes brought on by global warming. He said it's important to "look way downstream to make sure that when something is extracted and people are finished, they're not leaving a place as a new kind of desert even in the Arctic. And I think you know what I mean." Dr. Douglas Causey and Fran Ulmer hosted a viewing of the event at UAA.