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Cabin along Alaska's Arctic coast

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2007 (approx.)
A small cabin with a window rests askew in the water along a muddy coastal bluff that is eroding into the water.
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Detailed Description

A cabin along Alaska's Arctic coast washed into the ocean because the bluff it was sitting on eroded away.

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Public Domain.

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The Arctic region is warming faster than anywhere else in the nation. Understanding the rates and causes of coastal change in Alaska is needed to identify and mitigate hazards that might affect people and animals that call Alaska home.
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