Listening to the Heartbeat of Alaska

By Beth Grassi | University of Alaska-Fairbanks on Dec 21, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cross Alaska and a sliver of western Canada, 280 seismic stations silently do their jobs. Hidden in dark holes drilled into rock in boreal forest, northern tundra and mountaintops, the instruments wait patiently for the next tremor. The EarthScope Transportable Array of seismic monitors is now embedded across Alaska and Canada, adding 196 new stations […]