Researchers are focused on two eruptions — one 400 years ago and one about 800 years ago — that were more explosive than recent ones.
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Geologist digs into the rocky history of Southeast Alaska
What is now Southeast Alaska – called the Alexander terrane by geologists – probably started out near the equator.
A Homer scientist is bringing changes in Arctic permafrost into high resolution
With permafrost thaw in the Arctic rapidly outpacing previous projections, researchers are racing to understand the impacts of an increasingly unstable future.
What history’s hidden grandmother of climate science teaches us today
Today, most climate science is done with satellites, sensors and complicated computer models. But it all started with two glass tubes.
Annual test of Alaska’s tsunami warning system scheduled for Wednesday
Many Alaskans will get a tsunami warning on Wednesday at 10:15 a.m. It’s a test, but the people sending it out are worried that not everyone will know that.
Eruption risk down for 2 Aleutian volcanoes
Activity at the volcanoes peaked between March 9 and 11.