
Northern Tree Habitats - Geophysical Institute
Mar 7, 2025 · However, after seven growing seasons in Fairbanks, trees from the most northern homelands of the Dezadeash, Carmacks and Mayo areas of the Yukon are among the tallest, …
Tropical Fossils in Alaska - Geophysical Institute
4 days ago · Paleobotanist Jack A. Wolfe of the United States Geological Survey at Menlo Park, California, has found a number of tropical rain forest fossils along the eastern Gulf of Alaska. …
More on Why Tree Trunks Spiral - Geophysical Institute
Mar 7, 2025 · Granted, not all trees exhibit the same twist, but the majority of them do. The phenomenon can be likened to the claim that water will always spiral out of a drain in a …
Bonsai trees tell of winters long past - Geophysical Institute
Jun 23, 2022 · The trees have told him that giant weather systems like the Aleutian Low seem to have persisted despite human-caused warming. During winters when the Aleutian Low is …
Feltleaf willows: Alaska’s most abundant tree
May 25, 2023 · The range of the feltleaf willow, probably the most numerous tree in Alaska. From Alaska Trees and Shrubs by Les Viereck and Elbert L. Little, Jr.
Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar - Geophysical Institute
Feb 27, 2025 · The Klukwan giant holds the national record for black cottonwood diameter. Its nearest rival, a tree near Salem, Oregon, does hold the national height record. The Klukwan …
Trees as Earthquake Fault Indicators - Geophysical Institute
Mar 7, 2025 · Trees along faults often are killed by drowning because the faults tend to collect normal drainage water. In some instances, there are widespread tree kills caused by general …
Tree line changes on the Kenai Peninsula | Geophysical Institute
Feb 6, 2008 · The changes in Kenai Peninsula trees might be due to the milder weather the peninsula, along with most of Alaska, has experienced since about 1977, when ocean-surface …
Skinny Trees and Paleoforests - Geophysical Institute
Jun 20, 1990 · Creber and Chaloner showed that warmth, not light, limits the growth of ring-forming trees. In June, struggling plants on Cornwallis Island, near 75 degrees north in the …
The majesty and mystery of Alaska yellow cedar
Mar 7, 2025 · These trees, which can live longer than 1,000 years, grow on the rainy coast from the Oregon/California border through British Columbia and as far north as Prince William …