Toxic Coal in Xuan Wei, China January 18, 2010 | EARTH Magazine The people of Xuan Wei, China, have a substantially higher risk of... Permian Extinction in the Karoo Basin March 8, 2009 | National Science Foundation Researchers working in the Karoo Basin of South Africa have new findings... Siberian Traps & The Permian Mass Extinction February 4, 2009 | Discovery News An article in Discovery News explores the idea that the volcanic eruption... Students in New Mexico Find a Triassic Fossil Mystery March 18, 2008 | CNJ Online Students in a Mesalands Community College paleontology class field trip found a... Alaska Volcano Observatory September 7, 2007 | Alaska Volcano Observatory The Alaska Volcano Observatory monitors volcanoes in Alaska, the Kamchatka Peninsula of... Abandoning Newtok, Alaska April 30, 2009 | CNN The people of Newtok, Alaska are moving their community in response to... Pacific Tsunami Threat July 25, 2009 | Durham University The threat of a large tsunami occurring on the coast of Alaska... Alaska Region Research Vessel May 31, 2009 | National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation is building the Alaska Region Research Vessel ... USGS/AVO Images of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska March 25, 2009 | AVO / USGS United States Geological Survey / Alaska Volcano Observatory images of the March,... Alaska Offshore Drilling September 7, 2009 | Washington Post Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska, wants the federal government to allow offshore... Eruption at Okmok Volcano, Alaska July 13, 2008 | Reuters Okmok Volcano, on Umnak Island, Alaska erupted yesterday and continued erupting through... Retreating Glaciers in Alaska February 23, 2009 | USGS This set of three time-sequence photos from 1941, 1950 and 2004 document... Gas Hydrates in Alaska November 14, 2008 | USGS "The U.S. Geological Survey recently completed the first assessment of the undiscovered... Redoubt Volcano WebCams January 30, 2009 | Alaska Volcano Observatory There are two webcams near Redoubt Volcano. One is located at... Alaska Airlines Flying Again March 25, 2009 | LA TImes Alaska Airlines suspended flights during the Mount Redoubt eruption because of the... Pre-Dinosaur Trackways Protected in New Mexico September 20, 2007 | Las Vegas Sun The Bureau of Land Management will not renew a mining permit in... Kasatochi Volcano Cancels Flights August 11, 2008 | Reuters The eruption of Kasatochi Volcano on Thursday produced a plume of ash... BP’s Alaska Exploration & Pipelines December 10, 2008 | Alaska Journal of Commerce BP plans to spend about $1.2 billion on exploration in Alaska during... AVO Geologist on Redoubt Volcano February 5, 2009 | CNN An article at CNN features an interview with Michelle Coombs, a geologist... Extinctions by Asteroid Impacts are Rare? October 16, 2008 | USC David Bottjer of the University of Southern California questions the commonly-held belief... |