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Alaska Earthquake Center receives USGS funding

By Geophysical Institute on Nov 27, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, State, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Alaska Earthquake Center receives USGS funding

The U.S. Geological Survey recently awarded the Alaska Earthquake Center a $2.85M one-year award to operate and strengthen Alaska’s earthquake monitoring system. The AEC at the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute has worked daily with the USGS on earthquake issues since the first MOU was signed in 1987. “The importance of this current award is […]

Sensors will sustain Alaska earthquake and weather data

By Geophysical Institute on Nov 13, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Sensors will sustain Alaska earthquake and weather data

A new project will make it possible for scientists to better track a suite of phenomena in Alaska ranging from earthquakes to wildfires to sea ice. The five-year, $6.9 million project funded by the National Science Foundation will enhance measurements of Arctic change across western and northern Alaska. It’s led by the Alaska Earthquake Center, […]

Alaska Weather Summary – December 2012

By Geophysical Institute on Jan 10, 2013   State  

For December, temperatures were markedly colder than normal. All nine stations discussed in this summary reported below normal average temperatures.

AVO Updates Status of Iliamna, Little Sitkin Volcanoes

By Geophysical Institute on Jan 10, 2013   General News  

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has issued a Volcanic Activity Notice for Iliamna and Little Sitkin on Jan. 9, 2013. Volcano Alert Levels were updated to Normal and their Aviation Color Codes were updated to Green at both volcanoes.

Ned Rozell Takes Part in Explore Alaska Lecture Series in Fairbanks

By Geophysical Institute on Oct 12, 2012   Events/Notices  

Fairbanks adventurer and Geophysical Institute Science Writer Ned Rozell will give three talks this month as part of the Explore Alaska Lecture Series at the Fairbanks Alaska Public Lands Information Center. Rozell, who has hiked and skied across a good chunk of Alaska and who also wrote a book about hiking the length of the […]

Alaska Weather Summary for August 2012

By Geophysical Institute on Sep 11, 2012   General News  

Temperatures in August were colder than normal for six of the nine stations discussed in this summary. Barrow had the highest positive deviation, a substantial 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mean, falling in line with the warming observed in northern Alaska in the past decades.

Alaska Weather Summary for March 2012

By Geophysical Institute on Apr 11, 2012   State  

Temperatures were substantially below normal this March for all of the 10 stations discussed here. This is in contrast to February, which was warmer than normal. Most of Alaska was below normal with the exception of the last week of the month, which was seasonally warmer.

Views of the Circumpolar North: First Friday event on West Ridge

By Geophysical Institute on Mar 29, 2012   Events/Notices  

Joins friends and colleagues at a First Friday event in the Geophysical Institute's GeoData Center Map Office on Friday, April 6. The event, titled "Views of the Circumpolar North," will run from 5 to 7 p.m. and is free to the public.

Iliamna Volcano: AVO increases alert level to Advisory and the Aviation Color Code to Yellow

By Geophysical Institute on Mar 13, 2012   General News  

The Alaska Volcano Observatory changed the Aviation Color Code of Iliamna Volcano to Yellow on Friday, March 9.

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