Columbia Glacier Retreating
Columbia Glacier, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Valdez near the epicenter of the great 1964 earthquake, is rapidly losing its battle for survival. It is the last of
The Shuttle Red Aurora | Geophysical Institute
By glowing red on Sunday night, April 12, 1981, the heavens over the United States displayed their pleasure with the successful flight of the shuttle Columbia. Perhaps because
Ice worms: enigmas of the north | Geophysical Institute
Southern worms live in the British Columbia Coast Range, the Cascades of Washington and Oregon and the Olympic Mountains of western Washington. The southern
Alaska glaciers help drive rise in sea level | Geophysical Institute
Many glaciers smaller than about five square kilometers — like those in the European Alps, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Glacier National Park in Montana — will
A wrinkle beneath the icy face of Alaska | Geophysical Institute
A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier.
The Columbia Glacier | Geophysical Institute
The Columbia Glacier is one of Alaska''s better known tidewater glaciers, both from the standpoint of tourist attraction and the model it provides for scientific investigation. In 1973
Alaska Glaciers Show Dramatic Melting
Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound and Bering Glacier in the St. Elias Mountains are two glaciers losing ice at an alarming rate: during the past decade, Columbia
The Alaska-Canada Boundary | Geophysical Institute
The Alaska-Canada boundary was originally established in February 1825 by Russia (then owner of Alaska) and Great Britain (then owner of Canada).
Research straightens out what caused the arc
That helped build the coastal mountains of today''s Alaska and British Columbia. The combination of the northern fault action and the southern land accretion instigated the
Ranking Rivers | Geophysical Institute
For comparison, that''s right ahead of the Columbia in area drained and right after it in discharge. (The Columbia River also needs Canada to gain its rank; its source is in British