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A USGS scientist is collecting a sample of bedrock for new geochronologic analysis on the flanks of Victoria Mountain in the Yukon-Tanana upland of eastern interior Alaska.
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Alaska Region

Alaska Region

USGS in Alaska conducts science for decision-making in five major areas: natural hazards; energy and minerals; water quality, streamflow and ice; wildlife, fish and habitat; and geospatial mapping. The Alaska Regional Office provides management and strategic coordination among the Alaska Science Center, the Volcano Science Center, and other partners operating in Alaska.

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A USGS scientist is collecting a sample of bedrock for new geochronologic analysis on the flanks of Victoria Mountain in the Yukon-Tanana upland of eastern interior Alaska.
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Alaska Region

Alaska Region

USGS in Alaska conducts science for decision-making in five major areas: natural hazards; energy and minerals; water quality, streamflow and ice; wildlife, fish and habitat; and geospatial mapping. The Alaska Regional Office provides management and strategic coordination among the Alaska Science Center, the Volcano Science Center, and other partners operating in Alaska.

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Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Geochemical and isotopic data from glendonites and surrounding sediment, Carter Creek, North Slope Alaska

Center News
Image: Blueberry

Cloudberry Booklet: First in the “Berries in Alaska’s Changing Environment Series”

Presentations and Events
Barry Arm of Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Kinematic evolution of a large paraglacial landslide in the Barry Arm fjord of Alaska

Featured Films and Shorts
Barry Arm of Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Prince William Sound Landslide Hazards Project Overview

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Bathymetric and Topographic Surveys at Select Alaska Highway Bridges, 2023

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Disparate data streams together yield novel survival estimates of Alaska-breeding Whimbrels

Photography
Three yellow sea stars, forming a rough triangle, are surrounded by orange and pink anemones, tentacles extended.

Sea stars and anemones offshore of SE Alaska

Research
U.S. Geological Survey offices in Glenn Olds Hall on the Alaska Pacific University

Q&A: USGS Alaska Science Opportunities for Alaska Pacific University Students

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Constraints on the genesis of Au veins in interior Alaska: Evidence from geochronology and vein textures

Program
Man releasing duck in Japan. He wears a face mask for protection from disease

Wildlife Disease and Environmental Health in Alaska

Center News
Aerial photo of landscapes near Cordova Alaska

Photo Contest Winner! By Air and by Sea, Pacific Herring Research is Underway in Alaska

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22-9. Integrated isotopic mapping of interior and southwest Alaska’s mineral systems and geologic framework

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Animated image showing glacier changes on Wolverine Glacier from 2012 to 2022

Timelapse imagery from Wolverine Glacier, Alaska (2012 - 2022)

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22-18. Application of engineering geology principles to support the advancement of landslide science and hazard assessment in Alaska

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Length, Weight, Energy Density, and Isotopic Values of Fish from Rivers in Northwest Alaska, 2015-2019

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

New U-Pb Geochronology and Geochemistry of Paleozoic Metaigneous Rocks from Western Yukon and Eastern Alaska

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Tracking carbon from subduction to outgassing along the Aleutian-Alaska Volcanic Arc

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data for Estimating McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) Population Change on St. Matthew and Hall Islands, Alaska

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Gene Transcription and Heat Shock Protein 70 Abundance in Juvenile Hatchery Reared Coho Salmon and Chinook Salmon during a Manipulative Thermal Experiment, Anchorage, Alaska 2020-2021

Program
Polar bear mother and two cubs on the Beaufort Sea ice.

Polar Bear Research

Featured Films and Shorts
White breasted bird with orange feet, black/brown back, short beak

USGS Alaska Science Center Shorebird Research Program

Photography
Demonstration of multibeam echosounder technology, Knik River near Palmer, Alaska

Demonstration of multibeam echosounder technology, Knik River near Palmer, Alaska

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Nearshore ecosystems in the Gulf of Alaska

Featured Films and Shorts
Large polar bear

USGS Alaska Science Center Polar Bear Research Program

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data From the Inventory of Breeding Birds in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska, 2008

Charts or Graphs
FY23 Status of 3DEP Quality Data

FY23 Status of 3DEP Quality Data

Program
Walruses resting on an ice floe

Walrus Research

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Status of spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri) on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, 2022—Testing and updating predictive models

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Central Alaska Cosmogenic Isotope Burial Age Data Collected 2020-2022

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2019 Volcanic activity in Alaska—Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory