The Barrow Coastal Erosion Project calls for over 100,000 tons of armor rock to be placed along 5 miles of the North Slope ...

Every year, Alaska Native resident Ken Shade watches as a little more of his land falls over the edge, into the sea. Dillingham is just one example of a small Alaskan town with a big erosion problem.

Erosion carries trees over the edge of a cliff and into the sea in Dillingham, Alaska, a coastal city about 350 miles west of Anchorage. Grist / Saima Sidik ...

For years, coastal Alaska communities, a majority of them Alaska Native villages, have contended with erosion, eating away at the land and pulling more and more of the coast into the sea.

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 ...

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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 ...

This story was originally published by Grist. A sandy bluff towers above the beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Every year, Alaska Native resident Ken Shade watches as a little more of his land falls over ...

For years, coastal Alaska communities, a majority of them Alaska Native villages, have contended with erosion, eating away at the land and pulling more and more of the coast into the sea. It’s ...