Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1513-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1513-2019
Research article
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27 May 2019
Research article |  | 27 May 2019

Rapid retreat of permafrost coastline observed with aerial drone photogrammetry

Andrew M. Cunliffe, George Tanski, Boris Radosavljevic, William F. Palmer, Torsten Sachs, Hugues Lantuit, Jeffrey T. Kerby, and Isla H. Myers-Smith

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Episodic changes of permafrost coastlines are poorly understood in the Arctic. By using drones, satellite images, and historic photos we surveyed a permafrost coastline on Qikiqtaruk – Herschel Island. We observed short-term coastline retreat of 14.5 m per year (2016–2017), exceeding long-term average rates of 2.2 m per year (1952–2017). Our study highlights the value of these tools to assess understudied episodic changes of eroding permafrost coastlines in the context of a warming Arctic.