Which risk increases along shorelines experiencing thermokarst activity?

💡 Explanation

Increased coastal erosion occurs because thawing permafrost weakens the soil structure; the *water flow* from thawing degrades the once frozen sediment, therefore the shoreline recedes faster, rather than experiencing positive effects of sediment consolidation.

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