Scientists spend nights on top of volcano
Note: This story turns 10 years old this year. I am revisiting it because it shows the uncertainties of doing science outdoors in Alaska. And because I’m off visiting a
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Note: This story turns 10 years old this year. I am revisiting it because it shows the uncertainties of doing science outdoors in Alaska. And because I’m off visiting a
The adventure started in a routine fashion. Then it got cold, windy and icy, so much so even the helicopter froze.
Story by Ned Rozell Note: This story turns 10 years old this year. I am revisiting it because it shows the uncertainties of doing science outdoors in Alaska.
The movement doesn’t mean an eruption will happen soon — or even at all — from Southeast Alaska’s most prominent volcano, but it’s significant enough that the observatory has raised the volcano’s threat level.
Elizabeth Cottrell collects rocks and analyzes samples in the lab to help reveal what makes Earth so unique