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Large blocks of failed coastal bluff on Barter Island

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center September 2019 (approx.)
A person stands on tundra at the edge of a cliff that has gigantic chunks of eroded blocks tumbled down onto the beach.
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Large blocks of coastal bluff tumble down onto the beach of Barter Island, on the North Slope of Alaska.

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Public Domain.

Climate impacts to Arctic coasts