The Arctic Coastal Dynamics Database:A New Classification Scheme and Statistics on Arctic Permafrost Coastlines

• Published in: Estuaries and Coasts
• Main Authors: Lantuit, Hugues, Overduin, Pier Paul, Couture, Nicole, Wetterich, Sebastian, Are, Felix, Atkinson, David, Brown, Jerry, Cherkashov, Georgy, Drozdov, Dmitry, Forbes, Donald Lawrence, Graves-Gaylord, Allison, Grigoriev, Mikhail, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang, Jordan, James, Jorgenson, Torre, Odegard, Rune Strand, Ogorodov, Stanislav, Pollard, Wayne H., Rachold, Volker, Sedenko, Sergey, Solomon, Steve, Steenhuisen, Frits, Streletskaya, Irina, Vasiliev, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Coast; Permafrost; Erosion; Carbon cycle; SOUTHERN BEAUFORT SEA; ORGANIC-CARBON; YUKON-TERRITORY; HERSCHEL ISLAND; LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT; CANADA; REGION; SHORELINE; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Herschel; Herschel Island; Ice; laptev; permafrost; Yukon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/1c13f842-e7e0-4e4b-ab3c-e43f1369aa57; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1c13f842-e7e0-4e4b-ab3c-e43f1369aa57; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-010-9362-6

Arctic permafrost coasts are sensitive to changing climate. The lengthening open water season and the increasing open water area are likely to induce greater erosion and threaten community and industry infrastructure as well as dramatically change nutrient pathways in the near-shore zone. The shallo...