Monitoring of Polar Coastal Erosion Processes
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Coastal Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2026
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Driven by climate-induced challenges monitoring accelerated coastal erosion in polar regions is increasingly recognised as a critical challenge. The dynamics of polar coastal environments present distinct geological, geomorphological, hydrodynamic and cryospheric interactions. Monitoring these processes from a land-to-sea perspective reliably poses unique logistical and methodological hurdles and yet data are urgently needed to inform forecasting, risk assessment, adaptation and mitigation strategies.
We encourage the submission of contributions addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Field-based measurement and monitoring of polar coastal erosion (e.g., cliff retreat, shoreline recession, sediment loss, ice-rich bluffs);
- Remote sensing, UAV/drone surveys, LiDAR, photogrammetry, InSAR and time-lapse imaging applied to polar coastal zones;
- Process-based studies of cryosphere–coast interactions (permafrost, ice‐wedge degradation, ice-marsh/ice-shoreline coupling);
- Numerical, statistical or hybrid models of polar coastal erosion under present and future climate scenarios;
- Community based coastal zone monitoring strategies;
- Wave, storm surge, sea-ice and fresh water discharge impacts on polar shorelines;
- Sediment transport, coastal morphodynamics, and feedbacks in ice-influenced coastal systems;
- Impacts of coastal erosion on polar ecosystems, infrastructure (e.g., Arctic communities, research stations), heritage sites, and adaptation responses;
- Case studies of specific polar coasts (Greenland, Alaska, Canadian Arctic, Svalbard, Russian Arctic, Antarctica) with monitoring focus;
- Methodological advances, sensor development, logistics and data-sharing for polar coastal erosion monitoring;
- Coastal zone monitoring with respect to Inuit knowledge mobilization.
Dr. Dustin Whalen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- monitoring of polar coastal erosion
- cryosphere–coast interactions
- coastal morphodynamics
- sediment transport
- climate change impacts
- coastal community resilience
- Inuit knowledge mobilization
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