File:Sea ice at the shore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska.jpg
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DescriptionSea ice at the shore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska.jpg |
English: This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 22 April 2021, shows the city of Utqiaġvik in Alaska, the northernmost settlement of the United States. Utqiaġvik, which is located north of the Arctic Circle, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In addition to the melting of the thick layer of permafrost on which the city's structures have been built, the local community struggles with the consequences of an increase in coastal erosion caused by the absence of the summer sea ice that used to protect the coast from storms originating in the Beaufort and the Chukchi Sea. The twin Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, with a maximal revisit time of five days each, are useful for the monitoring of the impact of climate change in important and sensitive environments such as the Arctic Circle. |
Date | Taken on 22 April 2021 |
Source | Sea ice at the shore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska |
Author | European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery |
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Attribution: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021
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