These maars were created on the low plain between Shishmaref and Cape Espenberg at the northeast tip of the Seward Peninsula, just across the sound from Kotzebue.

Jan 25, 2024 · A volcanic crater northeast of Healy, Alaska, that is part of the Buzzard Creek maars. Photo by Chris Nye. From left, Cole Richards, Lynn Kaluzienski and Carl Tape prepare to stick …

Apr 16, 2026 · At first it was not obvious whether the new activity was the beginning of a volcano or a transient breaching of the surface that would eventually lead to the formation of water-filled pits …

Feb 9, 2000 · Called maars, the craters are smallish volcanoes that form when molten rock reaches up from within the ground and detonates as it reaches the water table. The craters near Buzzard Creek …

Feb 5, 2015 · Rocks at the Buzzard Creek maars have the same chemical signature of Aleutian volcanoes. As he looked back at more than a decade of Denali station data, Holtkamp found 200 …

Jan 12, 2006 · The result was one of about a dozen maars in Alaska, and the largest known maar crater in the world. Volcanoes’ interaction with permafrost results in one unusual Alaska landform, and …

Apr 6, 2026 · Graduate student researchers are the future of science and an integral part of our UAF Geophysical Institute family.So let’s meet another one of them.Here’s Audrianna "Ozzy" Schneider of …

Feb 16, 2024 · Scientists and others from remote communities across western Alaska and northern Canada concerned about the migration of beavers into the Arctic will gather at the University of …

Arctic Beavers The Arctic Beaver Observation Network (A-BON) is a group of scientists, indigenous groups, land managers, and local observers who are concerned about the expansion of beaver …

Science for Alaska talk series: Science for Alaska is one of the largest public outreach efforts undertaken each year by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For over 30 …