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Coastal bluffs collapsed onto the beach

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center September 2019 (approx.)
A person rides an ATV on a beach alongside gigantic chunks of coastal bluff that have fallen onto the beach.
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Gigantic chunks of perafrost coastal bluffs tumbled down onto the beach along Barter Island on the North Slope of Alaska. A USGS scientist drives past them, seeking good locations to place instruments and markers that will be used in photographic analysis.

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Climate impacts to Arctic coasts