Coastal Observers of Barrow Community Based Monitors (How To Video)
The Coastal Observers of Barrow have released a training video for measuring beach profiles and evaluating coastal hazards. The video was produced by youth monitors and their families. It is part of an effort to recruit more citizen scientists in the region and expand community-centered coastal monitoring efforts in response to increasing environmental hazards along…
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Students learn how to measure a beach profile and calculate the slope of the beach. With repeated measurements, they calcuate the rates of erosion. Recommendations are provided for building needed equipment out of inexpensive materials that are available in Alaska rural communities.
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