Arctic Coastal Change
Warming faster than any other region on the planet, the
coastal Arctic, one of the most critical areas on Earth for
energy resources, transportation, security, subsistence, and
biological and cultural diversity, is rapidly transforming.
Arctic life - from the land to the sea and from microscopic
marine plants to humans - is increasingly forced to adapt to
a "new normal".
Combining observations from airplanes, helicopters, boats,
and drones, and founded on strong collaborations with local
Indigenous communities, 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 -
not only a science priority but also a socioeconomic
imperative.
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