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A holistic and transdisciplinary approach is urgently required to investigate the physical and socio-economic impacts of collapsing coastlines in the Arctic nearshore zone.

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Figure 1: Impact of thaw and erosion of Arctic permafrost coasts.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Y. Nowak (Alfred Wegener Institute) for drafting the figure. The work of M.F. was supported by the Daimler and Benz Foundation. J.E.V. was supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research under grant number 863.12.004. The work by H.L. was a contribution to the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group under the contract VH-NG-801.

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  1. Department of Periglacial Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Michael Fritz & Hugues Lantuit

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Michael Fritz & Jorien E. Vonk

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jorien E. Vonk

  4. Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam, Germany

    Hugues Lantuit

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Fritz, M., Vonk, J. & Lantuit, H. Collapsing Arctic coastlines. Nature Clim Change 7, 6–7 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3188

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