Alaska Science Center

In the Spotlight

USGS provides high resolution images of Arctic sea ice sites

The USGS recently made available high resolution images of Arctic sea ice sites. Some 700 images show swatches of sea ice from six sites around the Arctic Ocean can be found at http://gfl.usgs.gov/ArcticSeaIce.shtml, with an additional 500 images of 22 sites in the United States. These images are part of long-term archive of images from U.S. National Imagery Systems called the Global Fiducials Library.

Fifty-Year Record of Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, USA

Fifty years of USGS research on glacier change shows recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in three climatic regions of the United States. These long periods of record provide clues to the climate shifts that may be driving glacier change.

Current Highlights

Satellite Telemetry of Rare Seabird in Alaska

Scientists Present Fish Otolith Research

USGS Participates in NASA Satellite Workshop

USGS Receives Green Star Certification

Alaska Science Portal

The portal is a searchable, web map-based tool to facilitate public and partner access to information on over 160 subjects under USGS study in the Nation’s largest State.

Science Features

Walrus Tracking in the southern Chukchi Sea

USGS Factsheet: Pacific Walrus Response to Arctic Sea Ice Losses

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Polar Bear Research

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USGS Alaska Avian Influenza Studies