Mean annual coastal erosion in arctic Alaska
(Beaufort Sea shoreline)
Metres per year
20
Shoreline type
Recently breached coastal lake
Vegetated basin
15
Ice-rich upland terrain
Beach/Offshore bars
10
5
0
1955-1979 1979-2002 2002-2007
Source: Jones, B. M., et. al., 2009
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through changes in natural ecosystemsnullnulluman health
may also sunuller through the reappearance or nenullarrival
A fenull years agonull there nullas no ice on the sea at
of vectornullorne infectious diseasesnullAccording to the
all in nullinternull and it nullas very hard for the peoplenull
AA, pnull otential nullenenullial enullects could include reduced
nullnullnters conullld not hnullnt nullecanullse there nullas only a
heating costs, more naviganullle northern sea routes, and
very thin layer of ice on the nullhole areanull They conullld
increased access to market food itemsnull not sail in a nulloat or conullld not go onullt on the thin icenull
Dnullring that time nullomen nullho manulle nullreenlandic
Arctic human communities are already responding
clothes also needed seal snullins to manulle traditional
to climate change nullut enullternal and internal stressors
costnullmesnull nullnullt they nullere not getting many snullins
are severely testing their anullility to adaptnull Despite the
from the hnullntersnull
resilience shonulln historically nully Arctic Indigenous
Peoples, some traditional nullays of life are nulleing threatened
and sutnull antial investments are needed to adapt or renull
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locate physical structures and communitiesnull
nulleenland
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