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Gulf of Alaska

A humpback whale breaches in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Years After the Pacific Marine Heat Wave, Ecosystem Shifts Persist

Hannah Thomasy, Science Writer by Hannah Thomasy 3 May 202125 October 2021

Researchers question whether Gulf of Alaska species will return to pre–heat wave conditions.

Landscape view showing mountains, forests, and other vegetation within the Héen Latinee Experimental Forest north of Juneau, Alaska
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Determining Dissolved Organic Carbon Flows into the Gulf of Alaska

by David Shultz 15 January 202122 December 2021

A new model determines freshwater and dissolved organic carbon discharge to the Gulf of Alaska from one of the most geographically diverse but understudied regions on the planet.

Iceberg in water
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Sediment Layers Pinpoint Periods of Climatic Change

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 14 October 20208 September 2022

Researchers studying sediment cores from the Gulf of Alaska have pinpointed when the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, now extinct, disgorged icebergs into the Pacific Ocean.

Researchers look at offshore sediments to trace the history of the world’s tallest coastal mountain range
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A Mountain Range's History Preserved in Ocean Sediments

by Terri Cook 7 April 201729 June 2022

Fission track dating core samples from the Gulf of Alaska demonstrates that offshore sediments can be used to reconstruct a mountain range's changing exhumation patterns.

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