Alaska-developed volcano monitoring system will expand across U.S.

By Rod Boyce | Geophysical Institute on Feb 21, 2025   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will expand across the U.S. and beyond. The expansion, funded by NASA, could lead to earlier detection of volcanic unrest. The Alaska Volcano Observatory at UAF has been using a prototype of this system, named VolcSARvatory, since early 2022. Its […]