May 30, 2025 – News,

May Landslide Fieldwork: Sitka & Petersburg

written by Nick Mathews: Understanding landslide risk means understanding weather, the soils beneath us, and the communities who live upon those soils. In May, the Sitka Sound Science Center conducted fieldwork in Sitka and Petersburg to better understand these…

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March 28, 2025 –

March-April Scientist in Residence: Amy Jenson

  The Sitka Sound Science Center welcomes Amy Jenson, PhD candidate in Geophysics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, as this March’s Scientist in Residency Fellow (SIRF). The Sitka Sound Science Center’s SIRF program offers scientists four weeks to…

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February 20, 2025 – News, Research,

State of the Sound
Mon, Feb 24th, 1-5pm

Join us next Monday, February 24th, from 1–5 PM at the Harrigan Centennial Hall Raven Room for an interactive event hosted by researchers at Sitka Sound Science Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and University of Alaska Southeast! This gathering will…

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June 4, 2024 – News,

The Secret Life of Berries

Spring in Southeast Alaska: Snow melting from mountain slopes, herring in Sitka Sound, sprouting yellow skunk cabbage in forest pools, and plants beginning to bud… Along with bright berry blossoms across Sitka’s road system,…

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