Dear Friends and Supporters, We know you are eager to get back into the aquarium to visit with your favorite critters, and we are eager to visit with you too. However, in response to the latest changes in mandates and…
Long-Term Ecological Impacts from Oil Spills: Comparison of Exxon Valdez, Hebei Spirit, and Deepwater Horizon On March 24th, 1989 the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) released 40.8 million liters of Alaska North Slope crude oil into the cold, subartic waters…
The Sitka Sound Science Center is conducting an anonymous attitudinal survey about the novel COVID-19 virus. The purpose is to collect information that can help design policies and support services for isolated rural communities in Southeast Alaska to help…
Sandy, the Aquarium Manager, transformed one of the three meso-touch tanks in the Aquarium into a sandy intertidal environment. It currently showcases an eel grass bed, and will house some sand dollars (perhaps even a burrowing anemone) in the future! Sandy…
Happy first day back to (virtual) school Sitka students and teachers! We’d like to take a moment to recognize all the incredible teachers for working so hard to get their virtual classrooms up and running and students for adjusting quickly to…
Earlier this month, educators from the Science Center along with UCSC Researcher- Lauren Bell, and Sitka Conservation Society Jesuit Volunteer- Jill Hayden, took a trip to Pirates Cove with Stacy Golden’s Marine Biology class for their grand finale snorkeling session. While the water temperature was low…
Lauren Bell, UCSC researcher, just ended her kelp project this week. She began with 3 different types of algae – Macrosytis pyrifera (MP) and 2 different understory kelp including Saccharina nigripes (SN) and Agarum fimbriatum. Each blade was trimmed to 10 cm measured from the attachment to the stipe (see kelp diagram on worksheet). They were placed in containers that were…