
Columbia Glacier Retreating - Geophysical Institute
May 22, 2025 · Columbia Glacier, located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Valdez near the epicenter of the great 1964 earthquake, is rapidly losing its battle for survival. It is the last of …
The Columbia Glacier | Geophysical Institute
6 days ago · The Columbia Glacier is one of Alaska's better known tidewater glaciers, both from the standpoint of tourist attraction and the model it provides for scientific investigation. In 1973 …
The Alaska-Canada Boundary | Geophysical Institute
The Alaska-Canada boundary was originally established in February 1825 by Russia (then owner of Alaska) and Great Britain (then owner of Canada).
Alaska Glaciers Show Dramatic Melting - Geophysical Institute
Dec 12, 2001 · Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound and Bering Glacier in the St. Elias Mountains are two glaciers losing ice at an alarming rate: during the past decade, Columbia …
The Shuttle Red Aurora | Geophysical Institute
Apr 12, 1981 · By glowing red on Sunday night, April 12, 1981, the heavens over the United States displayed their pleasure with the successful flight of the shuttle Columbia. Perhaps …
The Unknown Legacy of Alaska's Atomic Tests | Geophysical Institute
Jan 18, 2001 · The big daddy came in 1971. Project Cannikin was a 5-megaton explosion that inspired the formation of the group Greenpeace, a group of environmentalists from British …
Ice worms: enigmas of the north - Geophysical Institute
Feb 11, 2016 · Southern worms live in the British Columbia Coast Range, the Cascades of Washington and Oregon and the Olympic Mountains of western Washington. The southern …
Ranking Rivers - Geophysical Institute
Mar 13, 2025 · For comparison, that's right ahead of the Columbia in area drained and right after it in discharge. (The Columbia River also needs Canada to gain its rank; its source is in British …
Alaska glaciers help drive rise in sea level
Jan 12, 2011 · Predictions for an increased rate of smaller glaciers turning into ocean are conservative, Radic and Hock wrote, because they do not account for the water in icebergs …
Red Aurora | Geophysical Institute
Early on the morning of December 19, 1980, a blood-red auroral arc suddenly appeared in the skies over British Columbia, Yukon Territory and Alaska.