Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry

• Main Authors: Cunliffe, Andrew M., Tanski, George, Radosavljevic, Boris, Palmer, William F., Sachs, Torsten, Lantuit, Hugues, Kerby, Jeffrey T., Myers-Smith, Isla H.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Yukon; Herschel Island; Herschel Island Territorial Park; Beaufort Sea; Herschel; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/2641978; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-234

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 photos, we observed the rapid retreat of a permafrost coastline on Qikiqtaruk–...