Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 15 December, 2009
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The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming seawater and increased wave activity, according to new study....