Seismic station A19K, it’s called, and it’s now at the edge of an abandoned airstrip far above the Arctic Circle. The nearest population center is 127 miles northeast in Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow), the northernmost city in the United States. What a way to celebrate Earth Science Week, Oct. 8-14, 2017. The seismic station […]
ANCHORAGE – May 31, 2017 – Alaskans living in Norton Sound villages now have better access to health care as part of an innovative GCI project that brings high-speed internet to thousands in rural Alaska. This month, GCI connected health care clinics in Elim, Golovin and White Mountain to its Terrestrial for Every Rural Region in Alaska […]
This week marks the launch of the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network, an initiative designed to expand the understanding of ocean acidification processes and consequences in Alaska, as well as potential adaptation and mitigation actions. The network is the fourth regional ocean acidification network in the US, and will help connect scientists and stakeholder communities, recommend […]
(Homer) — The designation is official and just in time for this year’s annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: The estuaries, shores, sloughs and tidal areas of Kachemak Bay are now officially part of the prestigious Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). WHSRN is a government-private partnership that designates important areas for shorebirds as a way […]