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Real-time data from the world around you.

aurora

Aurora Forecast

See the lights dancing in the sky.
seismic activity

Earthquake Information

View the latest earthquakes in Alaska.
volcano

Volcanic Activity

What's erupting & how we respond.
webcam

Webcam & Weather

Check out our current conditions.
smoke

Smoke Forecast

Wildfire smoke prediction for Alaska.
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Magnetometer

How magnetic is Alaska?
remote sensing-based hazard monitoring

Hazards Portal

Remote sensing-based hazard monitoring.
Alaska coastline

Satellite Data

Near real-time imagery of Alaska and the Arctic.

Researchers

Meet the people behind the science.

Alaska Science Forum

Weekly column in cooperation with the UAF research community.

Stories about ravens and chickadees and wolves result in more responses in my inbox than others.

Be careful what you say, ravens. Doug Wacker is listening to you.

Rod Boyce of Two Rivers, Alaska, reports that he has noticed — at a time when the outside air’s temperature has not been above freezing since October — three butterflies living in his heated garage

Dan Joling of Anchorage was set to photograph the full moon rising over the Port of Anchorage on Jan. 6, 2023.

Glaciers worldwide are withering. Half of them will disappear by the end of this century, and much of the ice lost will vanish from mountains in Alaska, scientists say.

Facilities

Research facilities at the Geophysical Institute.