Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure
Evaluation of the extreme erosion along the northern coast of Alaska. In a new study published July 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline-erosion rates in the nation. Analyzing more than half a century of...
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| Language: | English |
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USGS
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/29076 |
| Summary: | Evaluation of the extreme erosion along the northern coast of Alaska. In a new study published July 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline-erosion rates in the nation. Analyzing more than half a century of shoreline-change data, scientists discovered that the pattern is extremely variable, with most of the coast retreating at rates of more than 1 meter per year. |
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