Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Cunliffe, Andrew M., Tanski, George, Radosavljevic, Boris, Palmer, William F., Sachs, Torsten, Lantuit, Hugues, Kerby, Jeffrey T., Myers-Smith, Isla H.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Herschel Island; Herschel Island Territorial Park; Yukon; Beaufort Sea; Herschel; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1513-2019; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/13/1513/2019/

Permafrost landscapes are changing around the Arctic in response to climate warming, with coastal erosion being one of the most prominent and hazardous features. Using drone platforms, satellite images, and historic aerial photographs, we observed the rapid retreat of a permafrost coastline on Qikiq...