The Aniakchak volcano on the Alaska Peninsula (here the caldera) may be responsible for one of the most violent volcanic eruptions in the last 4,000 years. It is located in a region that belongs one of the most active volcanic regions in the world. Image:...
An arc of ice and fire (Map: Frontiers in Earth Science) Predicting volcanic eruptions is not a perfect science, but it is a science nonetheless. Improved sensing equipment and a better understanding of how volcanoes work has made volcanic activity if not predictable...
(Map: UAF) Megathrust earthquakes, as the name suggests, are big. Since 1900, all earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater have been megathrust earthquakes. Now, a study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 appears to...
Hadrosaurs like the one pictured here were one of several groups that occurred in Alaska during the Late Cretaceous. The large herbivores probably lived in herds and liked the conditions prevailing at that time. Image: Masato Hattori, CC BY-SA 3.0 via WikiCommons The...
For comparison, 13 US states areas occupy less space than the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Map: Bureau of Land Management) If there is one thing that conservations and those keen on exploiting more of Alaska’s oil reserves can agree on, it is that the decision...
