Arctic coastal dynamics: rates, impacts, hazards and implications for the future

Session ID#: 118398

Session Description:
Arctic coastlines are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic and climate-driven changes. Coastal hazards like erosion and flooding are intensifying and creating risks for coastal communities. The goal of this session is to create a platform for discussing recent research on the changes in Arctic coastal dynamics, resulting hazards and risks, and advances in modelling. We invite studies that cover topics related to Arctic coastal changes, the driving forces, geomorphological processes, modelling approaches and impacts on ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, infrastructure, and social systems. Further, we discuss the co-production of knowledge and tools for forecasting coastal hazards and risks to quantify their social and economic impacts. We welcome abstracts on cross-disciplinary studies at the nexus of 1) environmental variables that influence nearshore hydrological, geomorphological, ecological, and biogeochemical processes; 2) variability in coastal change and key driving forces; 3) collaborative approaches from communities, researchers and agencies to develop monitoring programs to support hazard forecasting.
Index Terms:

0702 Permafrost [CRYOSPHERE]
0774 Dynamics [CRYOSPHERE]
0798 Modeling [CRYOSPHERE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]


Primary Convener:  Anna M. Irrgang, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Conveners:  Louise Melanie Farquharson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Thomas Ravens, University of Alaska Anchorage, Civil Engineering, Anchorage, AK, United States and Alisa Baranskaya, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Primary Liaison:  Anna M. Irrgang, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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