Arctic Coastal Change
The coastal Arctic, one of the most critical areas on Earth
for energy resources, transportation, subsistence, security,
biodiversity and cultural heritage, is rapidly transforming.
Accelerating changes - in coastal marine and land resources,
river flows, water quality, coastal erosion, and
infrastructure - are of key concern to local communities,
industrial development, and economic prosperity in the
region.
Combining observations from airplanes, helicopters, boats,
and drones, NASA's Earth Venture Suborbital mission
FORTE will measure the dynamic and rapidly
transforming ecosystem of the coastal Alaskan Arctic and how
environmental change is impacting this region
and beyond.
Image Info: NASA's newest Earth Ventures missions include
studies of how climate change is altering carbon emissions and
water and ice flows across Arctic coastal regions.
Credit: Landsat/USGS/NASA Earth Observatory