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  1. Alaska continues to change, fast | Geophysical Institute

    Dec 5, 2024 · High sea-surface and warm river temperatures are one factor in the decline of Yukon River Chinook and chum salmon to the point where fish camps are abandoned. The remaining fish …

  2. Ghost towns scattered across Alaska map | Geophysical Institute

    Oct 13, 2016 · There are at least 100 abandoned settlements in Alaska. That's the number Beth Mikow figured as she wrote her master's thesis for UAF in 2010. Mikow, who now works for the Alaska …

  3. Ancient moose antlers hint of early arrival | Geophysical Institute

    Dec 1, 2022 · In her recent paper, Groves wrote of the Valley of the Willows near a now-abandoned village site on the Ikpikpuk River. U.S. Navy explorer W.L. Howard in 1886 wrote of brush there “as …

  4. Rock redwoods in Sutton, stone bird tracks in Denali | Geophysical ...

    Feb 10, 2011 · A few years ago, Chris Williams found a big tree on the grounds of an abandoned coal mine in Sutton, Alaska. It was six feet in diameter, stood more than 110 feet above the surrounding …

  5. Abandoned Cold War Radar Stations in Alaska

    Dec 8, 2010 · On windy, cold nights a few decades ago, men in darkened rooms north of the Arctic Circle spent their evenings watching radar screens.

  6. Ghost ship artifacts emerge in museum | Geophysical Institute

    Mar 24, 2016 · The captain and crew abandoned the ship, which carried furs from Canadian trappers and a variety of other cargo. Following the ice's capture of the Baychimo, the captain and 14 men …

  7. NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Weather Thread

    Yesterday in north metro Atlanta: 100 degrees at 4:30 PM, massive thunderstorm at 8 PM, temps down to 77 degrees by 8:15 PM, lightening strike on a transformer at 8:30 PM that knocked out power to …

  8. Are green cities safer? | Cyburbia | urban planning, placemaking, and …

    If cities were more "green" and amenable, it would induce more of the middle class to move back and in turn create a condition where a smaller % of the population is indigent or has fallen victim to some …

  9. The Coldest Place in North America | Geophysical Institute

    On January 23, 1971, weather observers at Prospect Creek, a pipeline camp 25 miles southeast of Bettles, recorded Alaska's all-time low of 80 below zero. The temperature at Snag was unavailable; …

  10. NPC24 Minneapolis...who will be attending?

    I visited Minneapolis last year and we rode the light rail from the mall to toward downtown. I think it’s probably doable with your load depending on your...