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Drainage gully in coastal bluffs of Barter Island

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center September 2019 (approx.)
A drainage gully through Arctic tundra with slumped chunks of turf and permafrost.
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Along the stretch of coastal bluffs of Barter Island, North Slope of Alaska, a new drainage gully developed between September 2018 and September 2019. USGS scientists have been measuring permafrost degradation, coastal erosion, and flooding hazards on and around Barter Island for the last decade.

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Climate impacts to Arctic coasts