Subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate creating the Aleutian trench and volcanic island arc (Credit: Alaska Volcano Observatory). Click image for a larger view.

The pilot can’t believe my bad luck. “You didn’t see a bear? Let me show you bears!” he says as we skitter over the lake and lift into the air. Sure enough, dozens of bears are dotted along a ...

you’d hit that elegant arc of the Aleutian Islands. Credit: Jamie Brown You can fly from Anchorage to Kodiak – but where’s the adventure in that? I head to Homer to board the overnight ferry ...

Some of our on-going research projects include: The petrogenesis of island arc magmas (with special emphasis on the Aleutian arc). The quantitative petrography of volcanic rocks. The evolution of ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes struck Alaska's western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or ...

Seismologists are monitoring an earthquake swarm that is continuing to develop off Alaska's Aleutian Island chain and includes several stronger quakes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ...

AMCHITKA ISLAND, Alaska (AP) — A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists call a “swarm ...