President Barack Obama used the backdrop of a rapidly melting Alaskan glacier to highlight the effects of climate change, as he continued his landmark visit to the far northwest state. “This is as good a sign post of what we are dealing with, when it comes to climate change, than anything,” said Obama, standing in […]
Researchers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Northern Arizona University recently reported in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management that 10 of 109 glaciers of the Ahklun Mountains that were originally mapped by the U.S Geological Survey in the 1970s had completely disappeared. The research team had conducted an aerial survey […]
Sealaska Heritage Institute will offer its last noon lecture of the year on Tuesday. Forest Geologist Jim Baichtal will talk about the search for early habitation sites on ancient shorelines in Southeast Alaska. He’ll discuss a new model that has helped scientists discover more than 70 ancient sites with archaeological materials that are rich in […]
3,500 million years ago the Martian crater Gale, through which the NASA rover Curiosity is currently traversing, was covered with glaciers, mainly over its central mound. Very cold liquid water also flowed through its rivers and lakes on the lower-lying areas, forming landscapes similar to those which can be found in Iceland or Alaska. This […]