Coastal erosion, permafrost on Svalbard
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Approximately 34 percent of the world's coastlines are covered in permafrost. -
Aleksey Marchenko, right, is leading the UNIS research study on coastal erosion on Svalbard. -
On a recent afternoon, researchers retrieved a sensor that measured the impact that ocean waves have on the shoreline near Longyearbyen.
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