Kodiak-area communities' workshop troubleshoots coastal erosion Alaska Public Media | By Davis Hovey, KMXT - Kodiak Published December 9, 2024 at 12:42 PM AKST ...

More information: Roger Creel et al, Permafrost thaw subsidence, sea-level rise, and erosion are transforming Alaska's Arctic coastal zone, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024 ...

By 2100, the combined effects of coastal erosion, sea level rise, and permafrost thaw subsidence will likely push the North Slope shoreline inland to a location it hasn't reached since the last ...

Parts of Alaska are warming up to four times faster than most of the rest of the world. ... The thawing permafrost corresponds to higher rates of coastal erosion, Ravens says.

Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain under threat. The study focuses on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP), a low-elevation region spanning over 60,000 square kilometers. Characterized by ice-rich ...

Coastal communities such as Shishmaref in Alaska are also facing pressure to relocate due to intensifying erosion, storms, sea level rise and melting sea ice, which are also contributing to the ...

Sep. 12—Erosion that's consuming Point Woronzof in West Anchorage has prompted a reroute for a section of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail that's now perilously close to the edge. Crews are ...

Alaska is experiencing more extreme consequences of climate change than the continental United States. Coastal erosion, thawing permafrost, melting sea ice, and fishery collapse are all ramifications ...

As Earth warms, the Arctic Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion, according to new research.

Erosion that’s consuming Point Woronzof in West Anchorage has prompted a reroute for a section of the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail that’s now perilously close to the edge.