News tagged with elias mountains
Beetles, wildfire: Double threat in warming world
(AP) -- A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Swedish zipper perfecter honored with Google doodle
Google dedicated a doodle Tuesday to the Swedish-American inventor of the modern zipper, Gideon Sundback, on what would have been his 132nd birthday.
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Glacial Erosion Changes Mountain Responses To Plate Tectonics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intense glacial erosion has not only carved the surface of the highest coastal mountain range on earth, the spectacular St. Elias range in Alaska, but has elicited a structural response from ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2008 |
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When it Comes to Sea Level Changing Glaciers, New NASA Technique Measures Up
(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf of Alaska, a region expected to be a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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New seismic vessel will look deep under oceans
The academic community’s most advanced seismic-research vessel was dedicated here today, opening potential new windows on natural hazards, earth’s evolution, and other vital questions. The R/V Marcus G. Langseth, owned by ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Retreating glaciers spur Alaskan earthquakes
In a new study, NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists found that retreating glaciers in southern Alaska may be opening the way for future earthquakes. The study examined the likelihood of increased earth ...
Aug 02, 2004 |
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