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Scientist takes closer look at Sunday landslide in Sitka

...large landslide near the town of Sitka, according to a federal scientist who is taking a close look at Sunday's slide in southeast Alaska.U.S. Forest Service soil scientist Jacquie Foss told the Daily Sitka Sentinel that the landslide that...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/scientist-takes-closer-look-sunday-land
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Gene-testing dispute focuses on how much a patient should know

...Thursday in the journal Science, a team of ethicists said patients should decide how much they want to know and how deeply scientists should look into their genome.The disagreement is with an April recommendation by the American College of Medical Genetics...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/gene-testing-dispute-focuses-how-much
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Alaska volcano continues to erupt with lava, ash

...20,000 feet above sea level. The cloud was moving to the southeast Thursday.John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in charge at the observatory, estimates the lava fountain rose several hundred feet into the air.Onsite seismic instruments...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/alaska-volcano-continues-erupt-lava-ash
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US Forest Service lab dedication Saturday to be a festive event

...researchers to lecture at the university."They get some real benefit by being on a university campus where we can share scientists and resources," said Pugh.The dedication ceremony on Saturday will also feature the unveiling of two house posts carved...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/us-forest-service-lab-dedication-saturd
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Group to sue to force polar bear recovery plan

...polar bears as threatened five years ago because of loss of their primary habitat, sea ice, due to climate warming. Federal scientists concluded that two-thirds of the world's polar bears would be extinct by 2050 under climate models forecasting future...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/group-sue-force-polar-bear-recovery-pla
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Budget cuts pare real-time monitoring of volcanoes

ANCHORAGE - Scientists monitoring Alaska's volcanoes have...geophysicist John Power, the USGS scientist in charge at the Alaska Volcano Observatory...took 40 minutes for the data to reach scientists in Anchorage, 940 miles northeast...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15/budget-cuts-pare-real-time-monitoring-v
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Minor lava flows detected on two Alaska volcanoes

ANCHORAGE - Scientists say small lava flows have been detected on two restless volcanoes in Alaska.The Alaska Volcano Observatory says satellite images...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-15
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Second volcano this month is heating up in Alaska

...with seismic instruments signaling a possible eruption, scientists said Monday.Tremors were detected at Pavlof Volcano, 625...very hot," said John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in charge at the observatory.The aviation alert level for...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-14/second-volcano-month-heating-alaska
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Scientist: Cassava disease spread at alarming rate

JOHANNESBURG - Scientists say a disease destroying...Streak Disease, or CBSD, scientist Claude Fauquet, co-founder...measure its impact, say scientists. A moderate infection...Fauquet said.This week, scientists are meeting in Bellagio...

http://juneauempire.com/michelle-faul/2013-05-08/scientist-cassava-disease-sprea
The Deep

Opens Friday, Jul 12, 2013 Synopsis: A Norwegian fisherman survives a shipwreck at sea, and wrestles with the guilt of being the sole survivor while being celebrated as a national hero in this affecting drama based on actual events. Iceland, Westman Islands: 1984. Gulli (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) and his crew of seasoned seamen welcome a new cook into the fold before sailing out to sea on what appears to be a typical fishing excursion. With a chill in the air, the crew casts their nets into the frigid waters in hopes of netting a big catch. But when the net gets snagged, the boat capsizes, plunging the terrified crew into the icy, churning depths. Incredibly, as the rest of the crew parishes, Gulli somehow summons the strength to keep swimming until he reaches the shore. Later, as Gulli recovers, scientists speculate that no mortal man should have been able to survive such harsh conditions, and take him to a London research center for a battery of physical tests. Meanwhile, on the outside, the stout sailor becomes a symbol of national pride for a country that had endured great hardships over the past century. Haunted by the events of that fateful night, Gulli later returns home to comfort the children of his best friend and fellow sailor, and remember how it feels to lead a normal life.

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