Alaska may look like a remote wilderness, but beneath the surface lies one of the strangest and most complex systems in ...

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A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released today providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to recreation, resource ...

From the Aleutian Islands to the North Slope, Alaska's massive and varied terrain has now been mapped in an unprecedented way, exactly a year after President Barack Obama announced the new Arctic ...

One state is looking at more snow this winter, not less, and it is the one that just saw snow in July. Alaska's forecasters are calling for above normal snowfall along the coast as a Super El Nino ...

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Deadly landslides are increasing around the world. But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial. By Austyn Gaffney Photographs by Christopher Miller Austyn Gaffney traveled to ...

A trip to the Arctic, while difficult, certainly isn't as challenging as a trip to the moon or Mars. Yet the moon and Mars have awesome maps that took decades and billions of dollars in research ...

No audio available for this content. The Alaska Geologic Map shows the generalized geology of the state, each color representing a different type or age of rock. (Image: USGS) A new digital geologic ...

MYSTIC PASS, Alaska — In the age of Google Earth, it's tempting to think human knowledge of the world is complete, with no frontiers to be charted. Which is why Alex Stack thought modern technology ...

A new digital geologic map of Alaska is being released providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of land use in relation to recreation, resource extraction, ...