Increasing Arctic temperatures accelerate coastal erosion, threatening coastal communities and infrastructure, and adding carbon to the atmosphere. Research now predicts that Arctic coastal erosion on the pan-Arctic scale will exceed its historical range of variability and increase two to three times by the end of the century.
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Schädel, C. Arctic coasts predicted to erode. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 224–225 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01286-9
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