News tagged with coastal bluffs

Erosion rates double along portion of Alaska's coast

Skyrocketing coastal erosion occurred in Alaska between 2002 and 2007 along a 64 kilometer (40 mile) stretch of the Beaufort Sea, a new study finds. The surge of erosion in recent years, averaging more than double historical ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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Which way does the wind blow? Let's find out!

On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study

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 ...

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 4


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