The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track tectonic and volcanic phenomena, including earthquakes. This data provides key insights into regional faults and feeds into early warning systems, which can give a community precious moments to prepare before a natural disaster strikes. A significant threat […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard detected and responded to the China-flagged research ship Xue Long 2 on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) in the U.S. Arctic, approximately 290 NM north of Utqiagvik, Alaska, Friday. A Coast Guard C-130J Hercules fixed wing aircraft from Air Station Kodiak responded to the Xue Long 2, […]
A 2,500-mile, 16-day research cruise that began Thursday in Seward and concludes in Nome aims to advance environmental research in coastal Alaska through a novel addition: public tours of the research vessel when it makes port calls. The Convergence Research Cruise on the research vessel Sikuliaq is a part of the four-year ACTION project, a […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have introduced bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Young Fishermen’s Development Act, first signed into law by President Trump in 2021, to continue to mitigate the challenges and hurdles facing the next generation of entrants into the fishing industry. The legislation would […]