Anyone looking for the effects of climate change need look no farther than Tanger Island, Virginia, a tiny speck of land in the Chesapeake Bay.

Erosion and rising waters due to climate change are diminishing its landmass, threatening a centuries-old

culture fostered by the island's isolation. Tanger's 23-year-old vice mayor is working with

the island's 400 or so residents to try to

restore their land and preserve their history and traditions. From the

News Hour's Student Reporting Lab's journalism training program,

Sabrina Tome reports. Reporting Lab's Journalism Training Training Program,

Sabrina Tome reports.

Living here isn't easy.

If you find the things that are worth living here for,

then you'll begin to understand it as much as I have.

It's one of the reasons why I've stayed.

That's one of the forms of crabbing.

This is crab scraping.

Cameron Evans is the 23-year-old vice mayor of Tanger Island, a small community in the Chesapeake Bay, whose

ancestors are direct descendants of some of the earliest English settlers in Virginia.

They continue to honor their traditions of crabbing and seafaring.

You get a sense of freedom by living here, beyond the water, being nature.

Just live in a very close tight-knit community,

it's something that I didn't begin to treasure more until I was older.

We've also seen a lot of land loss through the coastal erosion.

Their livelihoods are tied to the sea and to the coastal asset, whether it's tourism, whether it's fisheries or whether it's

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