Erosion
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Item Most Are Affected by Flooding and Erosion, but Few Qualify for Federal Assistance(United States General Accounting Office, 2003-12) United States General Accounting OfficeItem Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure(USGS, 2015-07) Laustsen, Paul; Gibbs, AnnIn a new study published July 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the highest shoreline-erosion rates in the nation. Analyzing more than half a century of shoreline-change data, scientists discovered that the pattern is extremely variable, with most of the coast retreating at rates of more than 1 meter per year.