Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 20:56
in Earth & Climate
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 led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.