Researchers keep a close watch on dust storms around the Gulf of Alaska because the nutrients in that dust may affect marine ecosystems.
Published Nov 15, 2017
In late-October, winds blew a long plume of silty glacial dust from the Copper River Valley over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Nov 9, 2014
Rock pulverized by glaciers served as the raw material for a fall dust storm emanating from Alaska’s Copper River delta in October 2012.
Published Oct 31, 2012
Meltwater from Alaska’s glaciers washed into the Gulf of Alaska, delivering nutrients that gave rise to a colorful phytoplankton bloom.
Published Jun 25, 2016
Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
Published Nov 14, 2012
Acquired December 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust blowing off the Chugach Mountains and over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Dec 2, 2010
This image from early November 2011 shows a dust plume blowing off the coast of southern Alaska.
Published Nov 3, 2011
The tiny, plant-like organisms thrive on iron that seeps into the ocean.
Published May 7, 2017
Dust storms in southern Alaska generally occur in late fall.
Published Nov 19, 2017
A pale brown plume of dust filled the Copper River Valley and arced over the Gulf of Alaska in this true-color image from October 29, 2009.
Published Oct 30, 2009
Acquired December 23, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes of glacial flour blowing over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Dec 30, 2010
The thick wall of dust that blew across Australia on September 26, 2009, hung in a slightly thinner veil over the Coral Sea on September 27.
Published Sep 28, 2009
