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Announcements at the Alaska Science Center

Weekly Highlights at ASC

• Biology
  • Recent Publications on Sea Ice: Dramatic reductions in Arctic sea ice during the past decade have elevated scientific and societal questions about the likelihoods of future scenarios.
  • New USGS Report on Arctic Coastal Plain Wildlife Response to Ecological Change: (pdf file 913 kb) USGS Alaska Science Center scientists are releasing a report on the first season of work on the DOI Landscape Initiative the week of January 18.
• Geography
  • USGS Celebrates 110th year in Alaska with Open House
    A New Partnership for the Earth Science Information Center Enhances Public Access to USGS Maps and Information in Alaska.
• Geology
  • USGS Geophysical Data Release The results of a recent U.S. Geological Survey aeromagnetic survey in southwest Alaska will be released at 10:00 AM Alaska time on Monday, August 23, 2004. The report is titled “Preliminary Grid Data and Maps for an Aeromagnetic Survey of the Taylor Mountains Quadrangle and a Portion of the Bethel quadrangle, Alaska” and will be available from http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1293/
  • USGS Assesses Volcanic Threat and Monitoring Gaps at 169 U.S. Volcanoes and Creates a Framework for a National Volcano Early Warning System - Press Release 4/29/05
  • National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) Report
  • Current Status Report from the Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Water