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Alaska Science Center

Alaska Science Center

The mission of the Alaska Science Center is to provide objective and timely data, information, and research findings about the earth and its flora and fauna to Federal, State, and local resource managers and the public to support sound decisions regarding natural resources, natural hazards, and ecosystems in Alaska and circumpolar regions. We have offices in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks. 

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Alaska Science Center

The mission of the Alaska Science Center is to provide objective and timely data, information, and research findings about the earth and its flora and fauna to Federal, State, and local resource managers and the public to support sound decisions regarding natural resources, natural hazards, and ecosystems in Alaska and circumpolar regions. We have offices in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks. 

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Reflection on McKinley Lake near Cordova, Alaska

Alaska Science Center Weekly Findings

Photography
Moose resting in the woods outside the USGS office.

Moose resting in the woods outside USGS Alaska Science Center

Research
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Alaska Science Center Weekly Findings In-Depth

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Image: Alaska Scenic View

USGS Alaska Q&A Series

Research
A shorebird walking through the grasses in southwestern Alaska

USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection

General
A scenic view of an Aleutian island with fireweed in full bloom

Alaska Science Center Seminar Series

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

USGS Alaska Science Center Shorebird Research Program

General
A stream flowing from a small lake on the Arctic Coastal Plain

Alaska Science Center Previous Seminars

Photography
Screenshot of USGS Alaska Science Center legacy datasheets, bird checklists and an aerial imagery map.

USGS Alaska Science Center legacy data

Featured Films and Shorts
Aerial survey for Black Brant at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska

USGS Alaska Science Center Ecosystems Analytics Program

Featured Films and Shorts
Scientist preparing Influenza A virus samples for Sequencing

USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab

Featured Films and Shorts
Large polar bear

USGS Alaska Science Center Polar Bear Research Program

Research
Two birds grabbing fish out of the ocean

Q&A: Marine Ecosystems Research at the USGS Alaska Science Center

Photography
Photo of scientists aboard a research vessel deploying a chirp sub-bottom profiler in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Deploying a chirp sub-bottom profiler in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Photography
Eight staff members of the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab. Six women and two men with USGS logo on wall.

Staff of the USGS Alaska Science Center Molecular Ecology Lab

Photography
USGS Grace Hall office on the Alaska Pacific University campus

USGS Alaska Science Center and Alaska Volcano Observatory office

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

Dictionary of Microsatellite Loci from the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Molecular Ecology Laboratory

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

Rock mass quality and structural geology observations in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska from the summers of 2021 and 2022

Photography
USGS Alaska Science Center Juneau Water field office

USGS Alaska Science Center Juneau Water field office

newsletter
photo of moss campion in bloom with pink flowers. Also know as cushion pink, is a small mountain-dwelling wildflower.

Alaska Science Center Newsletter - Spring 2023

Center News
A scenic view of an Aleutian island with fireweed in full bloom

Interviews with USGS Alaska Science Center Scientists

newsletter
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Alaska Science Center Newsletter - Winter 2023

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Geologist examines granitic rocks in outcrop before collecting samples for geochemistry and geochronology

Alaska Science Center Newsletter - Summer/Fall 2022

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

USGS Alaska Science Center Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

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Alaska Science Center Data Policy

Research
Southeast Alaska Transboundary Map rivers

USGS Transboundary River Monitoring in Southeast Alaska

General
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Media/Outreach at the Alaska Science Center

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

Yukon-Tanana Upland airborne magnetic geophysical data merge, version 2023

Research
White breasted bird with orange feet, black/brown back, short beak

Q&A: The Molecular Ecology Lab at the USGS Alaska Science Center

Topic
Two polar bears swimming in the water in the Beaufort Sea

Polar Bear Media/Contacts

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