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News Releases are timely, official communications produced by the Alaska Science Center that are targeted for use by the news media in reporting information on scientific findings or program activities.
USGS aids storm response to Extratropical Typhoon Merbok in Alaska
In September 2022, the west coast of Alaska was struck by Extratropical Typhoon Merbok, generating significant storm surge that caused severe flooding...
Population declines in Alaska beluga whale population may be linked to low birth and survival rates
Researchers studied over a decade of photographic records of individual whales and determined that belugas in Alaska's Cook Inlet have relatively low...
Beautiful geonarrative published about decades old USGS Benchmark Glacier Project
A new, beautiful geonarrative titled “The Glacier-Climate Connection” describes the USGS Benchmark Glacier Project— one of the longest running studies...
A four-month-old bar-tailed godwit known as B6 set a new world record by completing a non-stop 11-day migration of 8,425 miles from Alaska to Tasmania...
Revisiting a Marine Mammal Mystery, with the Help of New Data and Powerful Statistics
New techniques and a massive dataset have helped USGS scientists and partners determine why sea otter populations in southwest Alaska collapsed in the...
Publications Contribute to Strategic Framework for the Alaska Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI)
Minerals are a part of our daily lives. Critical minerals, sometimes referred to as strategic and critical, are mineral commodities that are vital to...
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helping Alaska map critical mineral resources
RESTON, Va.—The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced today that Alaska will receive more than $6.75 million to conduct geologic mapping, airborne...