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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Alaska Coasts Melting -- And Not Just the Ice


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Researcher Benjamin Jones observes a chunk of the Alaska coastline (left) that fell away from the land.

In a February 2009 study, Jones and his colleagues revealed that part of the state's Arctic coast is rapidly eroding into the sea.

Photograph courtesy Benjamin M. Jones