The next Natural History Seminar Series will be on October 30, at 7:30 pm, in room 229 at UAS. The topic is Alpine Cairns: What do they have to teach us? Dr. Tom Thornton presents the results of the oral…
Sitka Sound funnels wind and rain into Sitka by the aid of a natural phenomenon called atmospheric rivers (ARs). These “rivers” are narrow bands of saturated air that are steered by prevailing winds and can deliver days’ worth of rain…
Our September newsletter is out. Click here to read about the busy month we had.
In September, we launched a new program, Science with Math (SWiM), a New York Life Foundation, Aim High grant funded program that connects exciting science experiences with relevant math exercises to improve math understandings for middle school students. SSSC…
Join us in welcoming our September/October Scientist in Residency Fellow, Dr. Annette Patton. As a Postdoctoral Scientist at the University of Oregon, her research focuses on understanding the geology of landslide initiation, including conditions that make a hillslope more susceptible…
We’ve had a productive summer of installing soil moisture sensors and a weather station that may enhance our understanding of when landslides occur. While crucial elements to a landslide warning system (LWS), these sensors aren’t the only…
Read about all the exciting things that happened in August. Click here for the latest newsletter.
August at SSSC marks an exciting time. The return of the salmon. Pink salmon started showing up in the hatchery raceways during the first week of August. Sitka has had an unseasonably dry summer, so it only took a little…
The July 2019 Newsletter has been published. Click here to read all about what SSSC has been up to in July. If you would like to subscribe to get the newsletter emailed to you, please click here.
Summer has already been a time of many milestones for landslide research in Sitka. Our first high elevation weather station is up and running with real-time data collection rolling in this fall. Data receiving antennas were installed at…
