Ilulissat, Greenland (Nunataryuk project)
Most infrastructure in the Arctic is built in the coastal zone, an extremely fragile environment. Climate change is triggering coastal instability and increasing hazard exposure. Photo taken in spring 2018.
The Nunataryuk research project aims to assess permafrost thaw along Arctic coastlines, study how it contributes to climate change, understand its impacts on indigenous communities and other people, and develop mitigation and adaptation strategies. The project brings together world-leading specialists in natural science and socio-economics and connects them with stakeholders from around the Arctic coast. Nunataryuk is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam, Germany.
Year: 2020
From album: Nunataryuk: Permafrost Coastlines
Photographer: Leneisja Jungsberg/Nunataryuk