Which risk increases along coastal Arctic regions due to thermokarst landscape formation?

💡 Explanation

When permafrost thaws in coastal regions, thermokarst landscapes form because ice melts, causing ground collapse and accelerating coastal erosion, damaging buildings and pipelines. Therefore infrastructure damage increases, rather than increased acidity, heat absorption, or salinity changes which require different mechanisms.

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