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Fact Sheets

	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region: Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Influences from Land and Sea Coastal and Ocean Science Sea otters and the nearshore ecosystems they inhabit are the focus of a new multidisciplinary study by scientists with the USGS and several international, academic, and government collaborators. These ecosystems face unprecedented challenges, with threats arising from the adjacent oceans and lands. The Coastal Ecosystem Responses to Influences from Land and Sea project will investigate the many interacting variables that influence the health of coastal ecosystems along the Northeast Pacific shore.
	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region: Kasatochi Volcano Coastal and Ocean Science On August 7, 2008, Kasatochi Volcano, in the central Aleutian Islands, erupted catastrophically, covering the island with ash and hot pyroclastic flow material. In 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), AMNWR, and University of Alaska Fairbanks began long-term studies to better understand the effects of the eruption and the role of volcanism in structuring ecosystems in the Aleutian Islands, a volcano-dominated region with high natural resource values.
	Alaska Interagency Ecosystem Health Work Group The Alaska Interagency Ecosystem Health Work Group is a community of practice that recognizes the interconnections between the health of ecosystems, wildlife, and humans and meets to facilitate the exchange of ideas, data, and research opportunities.
	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region: Seabirds Coastal and Ocean Science From the cold, high Arctic area of Alaska to the warm, tropical Pacific area of Hawai`i, a diverse array of seabird species numbering in the millions of individuals live off the bounty of the Pacific Ocean.
	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region Coastal and Ocean Science USGS Western Region Coastal and Ocean Science is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and integrates expertise from all USGS Disciplines, and ten of its major Science Centers, in Alaska, Hawai`i, California, Washington, and Oregon. This fact sheet describes but a few examples of the breadth of USGS science conducted in coastal, nearshore, and ocean environments along our Nation's West Coast and Pacific Islands.
	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region: Alaska Coastal and Ocean Science USGS has three Regions that encompass nine geographic Areas. This fact sheet describes examples of USGS science conducted in coastal, nearshore terrestrial, and ocean environments in the Alaska Area.
	Fifty-Year Record of Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, USA Fifty years of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research on glacier change shows recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in three climatic regions of the United States. These long periods of record provide clues to the climate shifts that may be driving glacier change.
	Pacific Walrus Response to Arctic Sea Ice Losses Sea ice plays an important role in the life of the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists are seeking to understand how losses of sea ice during summer over important foraging grounds in the Chukchi Sea will affect walruses.
	Transport of Water, Carbon, and Sediment Through the Yukon River Basin In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a water-quality study of the Yukon River. The Yukon River Basin (YRB), which encompasses 330,000 square miles in northwestern Canada and central Alaska, is one of the largest and most diverse ecosystems in North America.
	Alaska Science Center The mission of the Alaska Science Center is to provide objective and timely data, information, and research findings about the earth and its flora and fauna to Federal, State, and local resource managers and the public to support sound decisions regarding natural resources, natural hazards, and ecosystems in Alaska and circumpolar regions.