2022 news and events archives
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Matanuska Experiment Farm honored for century of tracking weather
June 30, 2022
On July 6, the National Weather Service will honor the Matanuska Experiment Station and Extension Center for its century of participation in the Cooperative Observer Program.
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Salmon nose deep into Alaska ecosystems
June 30, 2022
During a good year in Bristol Bay, a surge of more than 100 million pounds of sockeye salmon fights its way upstream, spawns, and dies. In Bristol Bay and elsewhere in Alaska, this incredible pulse of salmon carcasses enriches streams and rivers and makes young salmon hardier.
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Research shows need to improve prediction of Arctic melt ponds
June 30, 2022
New research shows two widely used computer models that predict summer melt pond formation on sea ice greatly overestimate their extent, a key finding as scientists work to make accurate projections about Arctic climate change.
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Mathematician to give talk on geometry and the arts
June 29, 2022
A visiting mathematics professor will explore the role of geometry in the development and aesthetics of the visual arts during a talk at the University of Alaska Fairbanks at 7 p.m. on July 10.
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In-person food preservation classes offered in Anchorage
June 28, 2022
Leif Albertson will teach a series of in-person, hands-on classes on food preservation this summer.
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Study shows chemical's extent in Fairbanks winter air
June 27, 2022
A chemical compound discovered in 2019 in Fairbanks' wintertime air accounts for a significant portion of the community's fine particulate pollution, according to new research that seeks to better understand the causes and makeup of the dirty air.
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Georgeson Botanical Garden celebrates pollinators
June 27, 2022
A new exhibit at Georgeson Botanical Garden highlights the role of pollinators: bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps and flies.
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Week's events: Mary Shields, sleep science, space weather, eclectic music
June 24, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening the week of June 26-July 2.
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Bonsai trees tell of winters long past
June 23, 2022
Winter storms spinning off the Gulf of Alaska have sculpted these hemlocks on the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park into mountain men waving at you, the letter Z, and umbrellas.
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黑料视频, Green Star join to boost school drone program
June 22, 2022
Three small Alaska schools will receive refurbished smart devices for use in a new drones program under a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Green Star of Interior Alaska.
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黑料视频 researchers on team for European Space Agency's Venus mission
June 21, 2022
A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor has been named to a NASA science team for the European Space Agency's EnVision mission to Venus.
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Week's events: Jim Sampson, vein health, tsunami preparedness, acoustic tunes
June 17, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening the week of June 20-26.
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Rugged science on the Southeast coast
June 16, 2022
To the woman wearing earbuds and sitting next to me in seat 7E: I'm sorry; I did not get to shower before boarding the plane after 12 days of accompanying four scientists in the hills north of Lituya Bay. I will try to keep my arms pinned to my side and lean toward the window.
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黑料视频 road, lot closures planned for Midnight Sun Run
June 13, 2022
The Midnight Sun Run will begin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks at 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 18. The 黑料视频 Police Department will close parts of campus to vehicle access before the race.
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Week's events: Anna Frank interview, heart health, Bus 142 talk, live music
June 10, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening from June 13-19.
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The world according to a dog's nose
June 08, 2022
When a Lab vacuums the ground with her nose and her tail moves like a helicopter blade, you know a grouse is about to fly.
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Tall Timbers lecture series begins June 13
June 07, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will launch the Tall Timbers interview series on June 13, highlighting deeply rooted members of the Fairbanks community.
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黑料视频 scientists find new indicators of Alaska permafrost thawing
June 06, 2022
More areas of year-round unfrozen ground have begun dotting Interior and Northwest Alaska and will continue to increase in extent due to climate change, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists.
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黑料视频 to host alumni reunion weekend July 21-23
June 03, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association will hold its annual reunion weekend from July 21-23 in Fairbanks.
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Scientist's memoir is revealing and brave
June 03, 2022
In her recently published memoir, Katey Walter Anthony writes that a certain type of northern lake is a lot like herself.
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Board of Regents approves Troth Yeddha' project
June 03, 2022
The University of Alaska Board of Regents on Friday unanimously voted for formal project approval for the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center and Park.
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黑料视频 steel bridge team finishes second in national finals
June 02, 2022
A team from the University of Alaska Fairbanks took second place in the 2022 Student Steel Bridge Competition finals, the best showing for 黑料视频 in more than a quarter century.
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LARS celebrates new calves at Annual Birthday Bash
June 01, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks' Large Animal Research Station will introduce its new reindeer and muskox calves at its annual Birthday Bash from noon-4 p.m. on June 4.
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Discover Alaska lecture series starts June 8
June 01, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Discover Alaska lecture series starting on June 8, highlighting topics in the 49th state with a variety of experts.
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Healthy Living lecture series begins June 7
May 31, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Healthy Living lecture series starting on June 7, offering a variety of presentations by Alaskan medical specialists and experts.
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Steve Frank featured in 2022 黑料视频 Legacy Lecture
May 27, 2022
The 2022 Legacy Lecture will honor businessman, legislator and University of Alaska Fairbanks alumnus Steve Frank at 7 p.m. Monday, June 6, at 黑料视频's Murie Building auditorium.
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The worst fire year we can remember
May 27, 2022
In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that still haunts us.
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Food preservation workshops set for Kenai Peninsula communities
May 26, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host a series of food preservation classes, including one about canning fish, and offer other services in Homer and Soldotna in June.
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黑料视频 team lauded for innovative home design
May 25, 2022
Using shipping containers and energy-efficient techniques, a team of University of Alaska Fairbanks students has created a prize-winning new design for rural Alaska housing construction.
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Local firefighters to conduct exercise on 黑料视频 campus
May 24, 2022
Firefighters from four local fire agencies will be on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on Friday, May 27 from noon - 4 p.m. for a wildland firefighting exercise.
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黑料视频 makes Alaska's first large drone flight from international airport
May 23, 2022
An unmanned aircraft owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks flew from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday. The flight was the first civilian large drone operation from an international airport in Alaska.
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University, partners deploy carbon dioxide-sensing underwater glider
May 23, 2022
Alaska has a new tool for tracking ocean acidification -- a 7-foot-long, bright pink Seaglider. The University of Alaska Fairbanks and its commercial partners are the first U.S. team to measure carbon dioxide, the driving factor in ocean acidification, with an unoccupied underwater vehicle.
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黑料视频 hosts international remote sensing symposium
May 23, 2022
More than 100 scientists and policymakers from around the circumpolar North gathered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks last week for the 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
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Music in the Garden series begins May 26
May 19, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.
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Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
May 19, 2022
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best stepped into the Yukon River. She held a 3-foot portion of grader blade. Running along the blade was river-measuring tube secured by hose clamps.
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Really Free Market returns to 黑料视频 on May 21
May 16, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 21, in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.
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Alaska's big river breaks up at Eagle
May 13, 2022
Breakup happened on the Yukon River at Eagle, the river's first settlement as it flows into the United States, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Annual 黑料视频 Arctic Research Open House set for May 19
May 12, 2022
Come learn about the incredible research happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the 2022 Arctic Research Open House from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 19.
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Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data
May 12, 2022
The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in Alaska. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are among the many observations reported by a team of 76 scientists from 17 nations that researched the eruption's atmospheric waves.
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Cooperative Extension workshops get underway in Southeast
May 06, 2022
Juneau-based Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis will travel to remote Southeast communities in her family's cruising trawler to hold classes this month.
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Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon
May 05, 2022
Andy Bassich lives on the south bank of the Yukon River, about 12 miles downstream from Eagle, Alaska, the first community in America along the largest waterway in Alaska.
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黑料视频 steel bridge team earns spot in national finals
May 05, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks steel bridge team is headed back to familiar territory -- the national championships. The 黑料视频 squad earned the top score last month in the Pacific Northwest Regional AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition, finishing in first place in five of the six judging categories.
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黑料视频, Willamette Law ink cooperative agreement
May 04, 2022
Willamette University College of Law and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have signed a new agreement that will give Alaska students a new path to a law degree.
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Married to science: couple works toward a healthier ocean
May 04, 2022
Science is a family affair for Claudine Hauri and Andrew McDonnell. They're married oceanographers tackling issues like ocean acidification, lagging technology and Alaska's massive lack of ocean data.
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Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblor
May 04, 2022
A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade along the fault.
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May museum programs explore pollinators
May 02, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on pollinators during family programs in May.
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Learn about greenhouse energy efficiency, crop storage
April 29, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is bringing Scott Sanford to Alaska in early May to discuss crop storage and ways to extend the growing season in heated greenhouses.
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Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs
April 29, 2022
Precipitation had greater impact than temperature on the distribution of herbivorous dinosaurs in what is now Alaska, according to new research.
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Alaska's water crop is a natural resource
April 28, 2022
As much of Alaska's landmass crosses the magical temperature threshold that turns ice and snow into water, it's time to consider the state's richness in a resource more essential to humans than oil or gas.
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黑料视频 to host 2022 commencement ceremonies
April 27, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate its Class of 2022 at two commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
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Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
April 27, 2022
Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists.
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黑料视频 to honor 2022 Meritorious Service Award recipients
April 22, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has selected Anna Atchison, Susan Henrichs, Aaron Schutt and Ann Tremarello to receive Meritorious Service Awards in 2022.
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Darrow, Bhatt, Bret-Harte named 2022 Usibelli Award winners
April 21, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the winners of the 2022 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Service Awards.
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His 48th summer on top of the world
April 21, 2022
This June, George Divoky will refurbish a cabin that sits on a lonely gravel island north of Alaska.
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Ideas win big at virtual 黑料视频 Arctic Innovation Competition
April 20, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management awarded over $40,000 in cash prizes and awards after the 2022 Arctic Innovation Competition's final presentations Saturday, April 16.
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黑料视频 names 2022 student award recipients
April 20, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will honor Logan Nave and Tricia Minnick on April 29 as its outstanding undergraduate degree recipients for 2022.
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Wood bison calves arrive at LARS
April 15, 2022
Parks Canada, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the federal Bureau of Land Management have facilitated the transfer of 40 eleven-month-old wood bison to the 黑料视频 Large Animal Research Station.
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黑料视频 announces 2022 honorary degree recipients
April 15, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has selected Dermot Cole, Sarah James and Michael Williams Sr. to receive honorary doctorates in 2022.
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Endless northern winter about to end
April 14, 2022
In mid-April, despite a day length that is four hours longer than Miami's, middle Alaska is still a part of the cryosphere.
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$1 million Kinross gift boosts Troth Yeddha' initiative
April 13, 2022
A $1 million donation from Kinross will bring the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Studies Center one step closer to reality. The gift, announced Tuesday evening, will fund schematic design and bid specifications for the 34,000-square-foot facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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黑料视频 to host author, activist Chanel Miller
April 08, 2022
New York Times bestselling author Chanel Miller will discuss her memoir, "Know My Name," on Wednesday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in Davis Concert Hall at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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黑料视频 student gets K-12 classrooms jumping with seismology project
April 08, 2022
The Alaska Seismology in Schools program aims to get students interested not just in seismology but in science in general.
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Two rockets launch from Poker Flat in aurora experiment
April 07, 2022
Two sounding rockets soared northward from Poker Flat Research Range early Thursday morning in an experiment to study how energy behaves during an aurora.
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Live-trapping lynx in the far north
April 07, 2022
The lynx looks out from inside a chicken-wire cage. Despite its loss of freedom and the nearby squeaking of boots on cold snow, the wild cat looks calm, as if it might be resting while digesting a snowshoe hare.
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Arctic Innovation Competition awards creative thinking
April 07, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management will award over $40,000 in cash prizes and scholarships Saturday, April 16, after the final round of presentations in the 2022 黑料视频 Arctic Innovation Competition.
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黑料视频 launches new podcast, 'My Alaska Summer'
April 05, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks this week premiered a new limited-run podcast, "Adventure, Classes and Midnight Sun: My Alaska Summer."
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Student shatters stereotypes, studies plants鈥 urban evolution
April 05, 2022
黑料视频 student Cristina Ornelas participated in a global study exploring how humans are altering the way life evolves. Along with scientists in 160 cities and 26 countries, Ornelas contributed to groundbreaking research showing that cities are driving the evolution of white clover, an invasive plant that has colonized nearly every urban place on the planet, including Alaska.
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Happenings north of the Arctic Circle
March 31, 2022
Though the calendar calls it springtime, the thermometer on the truck reads minus 28 F on this sunny morning a few days past spring equinox.
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Museum programs highlight whales in April
March 31, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on whales during family programs in April.
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黑料视频 researcher part of team that proves Mercury has magnetic storms
March 30, 2022
An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth.
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Students aid Bristol Bay communities in coastal erosion research
March 29, 2022
University of Alaska Fairbanks students will return to several Bristol Bay communities this year to continue quantifying and mapping widespread coastal erosion.
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Master gardener classes planned in Fairbanks
March 28, 2022
Registration is open for an early summer master gardener class in Fairbanks.
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Register for 黑料视频 summer day camps, community courses
March 28, 2022
Registration is under way for dozens of day camps offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks this summer. Summer Sessions is also offering a variety of noncredit adult courses.
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Online pesticide workshop scheduled
March 25, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will hold a workshop for certified pesticide applicators on March 30-31 via Zoom.
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黑料视频 partnership offers free courses in tribal governance
March 25, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host a series of free courses focused on tribal governance and stewardship.
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March 24, 2022
Lt. Henry Allen and a few tattered comrades traveled from near present-day Cordova up to what is now Bettles. They then turned around and beat winter to St. Michael, where they jumped the last boat for San Francisco.
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ANCSA symposium extends registration, offers UA discount
March 24, 2022
The registration deadline for the upcoming symposium on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act on April 12-13, 2022, has been extended. People are encouraged to register online until Friday, April 8, 2022.
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Alaska Interior Business Accelerator accepting applications
March 23, 2022
Interior Alaska now has its first business accelerator, a program to help jump-start new businesses through mentorship, networking, education and access to capital.
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Online gardening courses offered by AARP, 黑料视频 Cooperative Extension
March 22, 2022
AARP Alaska and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service are teaming up to offer a five-part series of online gardening classes.
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Festival of Native Arts to take place virtually March 25-26
March 22, 2022
The 49th annual Festival of Native Arts will be held Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2022. This year鈥檚 theme is 鈥淐ulture, Land and Future.鈥 All events are virtual and will be hosted via Zoom and Facebook live.
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Poker Flat rocket launch to study energy movement during aurora
March 22, 2022
Two sounding rockets are scheduled to launch from Poker Flat Research Range just minutes apart in an experiment aimed at learning how energy is transferred and dissipated during auroral displays. The findings could increase the understanding of factors affecting satellites in low Earth orbit.
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黑料视频 to host presentation on fake news, misinformation
March 21, 2022
Journalist Craig Silverman will discuss "Fake News, Misinformation and Media Manipulation" during an online presentation at 1 p.m. March 24.
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Kenai Peninsula gardening classes offered
March 18, 2022
Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Extension Service agent Casey Matney will teach a series of 11 gardening classes that outline the steps to getting your garden ready.
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Free educational kits teach about snow, Alaska Native culture
March 18, 2022
Snow activities kits produced by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio, are for elementary and junior high school students.
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In the crosshairs of an atmospheric river
March 17, 2022
Because of where Southeast Alaska sits -- at the wetted lips of the planet's widest expanse of blue -- it is often soaked by atmospheric rivers, firehoses of moisture flowing up from the tropics.
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Building a local climate workforce through science that serves
March 16, 2022
Most definitions of science focus on the pursuit of knowledge through rigorous and systematic investigation. For the Kake Climate Partnership, that isn鈥檛 enough. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to go a step further by providing services for the tribe and community.鈥
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Women may have advantage in the long run
March 10, 2022
Women may have several advantages over men during bouts of exercise longer than six hours.
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Pesticide applicator training offered
March 10, 2022
Two three-day certified pesticide applicator trainings are being offered this spring, March 15-17 or April 26-28.
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NASA rocket launches from Poker Flat in search of aurora answers
March 05, 2022
A NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket soared high out of Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks at 2:27 a.m. Saturday to learn more about pulsating aurora.
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Career Explorers program lays the foundation for career success
March 04, 2022
The TCC Career Explorers program helps prepare students for professional or collegiate success and offers practical lessons to get them ready to function as an independent adult.
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UA Press releases three new titles
March 03, 2022
The University of Alaska Press has published three new books, the first since joining the University Press of Colorado publishing consortium in 2021.
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Dave Covey made the world a calmer place
March 03, 2022
When Dave Covey walked up with a smile, your day was about to become calmer. And then he fixed your irritating computer problem in 10 seconds.
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When it doesn't rain enough in the rainforest
March 01, 2022
From 2016-2019, Southeast Alaska experienced drinking water shortages, insect outbreaks, low hydroelectric output and more wildfire than usual. Scientists are studying this drought, its causes and impacts, and the likelihood of future similar droughts.
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Museum offers art and science workshop for teens
February 28, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is offering a March 14 workshop for teens to explore connections between art and science.
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Bird havens on a transcontinental journey
February 24, 2022
Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches, feeling mysterious impulses that will soon make them leap off their branches and head toward Alaska.
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黑料视频 scientist waits to see outcome of his work on Webb telescope
February 23, 2022
When thousands of computer-controlled eyes begin looking out from an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope in the coming months and years, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka will be satisfied.
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Mariculture conference will explore challenges and opportunities
February 22, 2022
The University of Alaska will host a mariculture conference in Juneau's Centennial Hall on April 12-14, 2022. The conference will focus on the status of mariculture in Alaska, as well as challenges and opportunities in the industry.
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Rocket to launch in probe of mysterious pulsating aurora
February 22, 2022
NASA is set to launch a rocket from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks as early as Thursday in pursuit of greater understanding about a form of the northern lights called pulsating aurora.
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Hardy gnats survive winter half frozen
February 17, 2022
Todd Sformo discovered that the fungus gnat survives the winter by allowing half of its body to freeze.
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黑料视频 researchers plan in-depth Bering Land Bridge study
February 15, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $1.7 million grant to construct a picture of what the Bering Land Bridge looked like during the last ice age.
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Master gardener classes planned in Palmer, Anchorage
February 15, 2022
Registration is open for spring master gardener classes in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna region.
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Ninety below zero and the unfrozen beer
February 10, 2022
It is early February, about the date Glenn Shaw once noted as the first day at Fairbanks' latitude you could feel the tickle of the sun on your cheek.
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Caribou cams give insight into secret lives
February 03, 2022
The cameras captured a nine-second video every 20 minutes with a precise GPS location stamp. With them, scientists were able to see not only what but also, for the first time, where caribou were eating.
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Alaska teachers invited to a virtual Arctic Educators Fair
February 02, 2022
Alaska educators and Arctic-inspired teachers are invited to a free virtual Arctic Educators Fair on Feb. 16 from 4-5:30 p.m.
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Nova episode explores Arctic methane explosions
January 31, 2022
"Arctic Sinkholes," a new episode of the public television science series Nova airing Wednesday, follows several scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and elsewhere as they study massive holes that have been appearing across the Arctic landscape.
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February museum programs explore big things
January 31, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of big things during family programs in February.
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Thirty years on semisolid ground
January 27, 2022
At the end of this month, Vladimir Romanovsky will retire after 30 years as a professor and permafrost scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.
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Traveling museum exhibit shows importance of snow
January 26, 2022
黑料视频's Geophysical Institute is among the creators of 鈥淪now: Tiny Crystals, Global Impact,鈥 an interactive museum exhibit about snow and the vital role it plays in our global climate system. The traveling exhibit opens Feb. 1 in Oregon.
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Dozens of experts arrive in Fairbanks for air quality research
January 26, 2022
Nearly 50 scientists from the U.S. and Europe have arrived in Fairbanks for a seven-week study of the chemical interactions that lead to the community鈥檚 poor wintertime air quality.
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Arctic Innovation Competition submissions due March 11
January 25, 2022
The annual Arctic Innovation Competition is accepting innovative ideas for the chance to win cash prizes of up to $10,000.
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Alaska Nanooks rifle team member shoots perfect 600
January 24, 2022
Rylan Kissell's perfect score was the second in the Alaska Nanooks' history and the 15th in the entire NCAA's.
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30th annual Science for Alaska Lecture Series announced
January 24, 2022
The 2022 Science for Alaska Lecture Series begins Tuesday, Feb. 1, and runs every Tuesday through March 8. Talks start at 7 p.m. on Zoom and will be streamed live to the 黑料视频 and Geophysical Institute Facebook pages.
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Film reveals Arctic change through Indigenous, scientific knowledge
January 21, 2022
鈥淚ce Edge鈥 is a film chronicling a collaborative research project aimed at understanding changes in coastal sea ice.
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Fun with ice physics in the cryosphere
January 20, 2022
A recent winter storm that featured a heavy rainfall caused hardships for many animals of Interior Alaska, but some people found the event fascinating.
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Nova episode highlights Alaska dinosaur research
January 19, 2022
Scientists who study the planet's northernmost dinosaurs will bring PBS viewers to their field sites and labs in a new episode of the science documentary series Nova.
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Scientists aim to improve sea ice predictions' accuracy, access
January 18, 2022
Sea ice predictions have improved markedly since the founding of an international forecasting and monitoring network 14 years ago. As the amount of sea ice in the Arctic declines, thins and becomes more mobile, accurate forecasts are becoming even more vital.
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黑料视频 names 2022 alumni award recipients
January 14, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alumni Association has named its 2022 award recipients.
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黑料视频 scientists help rural students do science with tiny drones
January 14, 2022
NASA-funded effort seeks to get more students involved in STEM education -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Midwinter rain on snow is a game changer
January 13, 2022
On Dec. 26, more than an inch of rain fell over a wide swath of the state. Much of the backcountry of Interior Alaska now has an ice sheet beneath a foot of fluffy snow.
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Sport and recreation business speaker series begins Feb. 1
January 13, 2022
Recreation business professionals will share their experiences during a series of free public online discussions sponsored by the sport and recreation business program at the 黑料视频 College of Business and Security Management.
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Turning science into music to find common ground and inspire
January 12, 2022
If climate change was a song, what would it sound like? Alaska composer Michael Bucy has an answer to that question.
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黑料视频 researchers featured in permafrost science overview
January 11, 2022
A newly published overview of recent permafrost science includes contributions from seven University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers who helped review how long-frozen terrain is being rapidly affected by climate change.
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The porcupine's winter in slow-motion
January 06, 2022
On her runs through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane discovered the Alaska creature she wanted to study: the porcupine.
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January museum programs explore tools
January 05, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of tools during family programs in January.
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Mummified forest tells tale of changing north
January 03, 2022
Twelve summers ago, a warden at Canada's northernmost national park -- in a land that has not hosted trees for thousands of years --found some wood protruding from mud near a glacier.
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Plastic in the rain of Southeast Alaska
December 22, 2021
Researcher Sonia Nagorski discovered just how ubiquitous plastic has become when she looked at precipitation near Juneau.
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'Dirty snow' project connects scientists, students
December 20, 2021
A recent University of Alaska Fairbanks-led project encouraged a far-flung group of K-12 students to pursue local research questions by examining "dirty snow" in their communities.
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PredictFest brings people to the science
December 17, 2021
An upcoming science brainstorming event will take an uncommon approach to developing new Arctic-based research proposals: Include more people who aren't researchers.
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Carbon emission change follows record rainy season
December 17, 2021
In 2014, the Fairbanks area experienced a summer of record-setting rain. That damp weather may have played a big role in a major shift in the ecosystem.
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Researcher finds Alaska's Arctic coastal towns face extensive inundation
December 17, 2021
Coastal erosion and land subsidence driven by permafrost thawing may lead to extensive seawater inundation in several northern Alaska communities by 2100, according to research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks geomorphologist.
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Hyperspectral imaging of forests can aid wildfire prevention
December 17, 2021
Airborne hyperspectral imaging can be a valuable tool in wildfire prevention and forest management.
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KUAC to replace TV transmitter
December 17, 2021
KUAC will install a new television transmitter in the summer of 2022. A recent grant from the Rasmuson Foundation finalized funding for the $228,729 project.
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New method can aid nuclear explosion detection
December 17, 2021
A 黑料视频 researcher has devised a method to improve detection of distant explosions, including nuclear detonations, by taking advantage of widespread single-microphone infrasound monitors.
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New volcano activity monitoring method enhances early warning
December 17, 2021
Satellite data can now routinely be used to detect low levels of sulfur dioxide emissions from volcanoes, giving scientists another tool to provide early warnings of volcanic unrest.
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Student's research examines world's largest piedmont glacier
December 17, 2021
Understanding the surges and retreats of Alaska's Malaspina Glacier is key if climate change models are to be applied to the glacier with confidence.
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Student volcanologist studies Bogoslof volcano
December 17, 2021
Magma recharge from the late 2016 eruption of Bogoslof Volcano in Alaska resumed in March 2017 and continued until the end of a months-long eruptive period in August of that year, according to a new research method.
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Researchers work to predict long-term flood hazards
December 16, 2021
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks-led effort is working to predict how the changing hydrology of the Chena, Salcha and Chatanika rivers could alter the potential for flooding events during the next half-century in the Tanana Valley.
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黑料视频 research featured during #黑料视频xAGU campaign
December 16, 2021
Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks joined thousands of colleagues from around the world at the 2021 American Geophysical Union fall meeting Dec. 13-17 in New Orleans and online.
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News of the Arctic from New Orleans
December 16, 2021
One-hundred and 11 experts on the land, ocean and ice north of the Arctic Circle pitched in to write the 2021 Arctic Report Card, which was presented in New Orleans this week.
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黑料视频 researchers contribute to Arctic Report Card
December 15, 2021
A dozen University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are among the authors of the 2021 Arctic Report Card, an annual summary of the state of the Arctic environment produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Fire season forecasts aim to assist with resource allocation
December 15, 2021
Fire season begins while snow is still on the ground in Alaska, starting with an annual March meeting when fire managers look at how the months ahead may unfold. For each of the past two springs, University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have added their own insight into the process.
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Most 黑料视频 offices will close for 2021-22 winter break
December 15, 2021
Most offices at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be closed for the winter break from Dec. 23, 2021, to Jan. 2, 2022. Some offices will also be closed or have reduced hours Dec. 20-22 and Jan. 3-7.
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International coordination key in geoengineering endeavors
December 14, 2021
As the need to address climate change becomes more urgent, a variety of geoengineering proposals are emerging to ease its environmental impacts. It's a trend that could bring its own set of problems, said University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher Alec Bennett.
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Research team seeks winter rain projections
December 13, 2021
By using existing data and future climate projections, a research team is working to determine just how common winter rainfall could become in Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Yukon's Whitehorse as the climate changes.
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Cold-region permafrost bounces back from wildfire
December 13, 2021
In 2007, a shocking event happened on Alaska's North Slope. During an abnormally dry summer, a raging wildfire burned for three months and claimed a vast stretch of tundra.
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Tuition-free girls' wilderness expedition program accepts applications
December 13, 2021
Inspiring Girls Expeditions is inviting applications for its summer 2022, tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.
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$2.8 million pledge creates endowed chair in vocal music at 黑料视频
December 10, 2021
A $2.8 million pledge from University of Alaska Fairbanks alumnus Steve Holmberg has established the 黑料视频 Music Department's first endowed chair.
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Elephant Point and trees growing on ice
December 09, 2021
For all the descriptive Alaska place names out there -- like the Grand Canyon, the Wall of China and the trio of Death Valleys -- there are some that really make you scratch your head.
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Certified food protection manager training classes offered
December 06, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer three certified food protection manager trainings in early 2022.
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Kelp farming shows promise as new industry
December 03, 2021
Alaska coastal residents have started to supplement their income by growing kelp.
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Thousands of golden eagles depend on Alaska
December 03, 2021
The number of golden eagles that spend summers in Alaska is more than three times the previous estimate, biologists just determined.
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Free drop-in COVID-19, flu vaccination clinics scheduled
December 03, 2021
黑料视频 will host free public COVID-19 and flu drop-in vaccination clinics Dec. 7-8 and Dec. 14-15 from noon to 8 p.m. in the Patty Center on campus.
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Rocket flies high over Norway in 黑料视频 scientist's atmosphere experiment
December 01, 2021
The C-REX-2 experiment is looking for answers to a dense patch in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
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黑料视频 esports teams building on first semester of competition
December 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks entered the world of intercollegiate esports competition this semester, fielding four teams that compete against gamers across the country.
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December museum programs explore winter
December 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of winter during family programs in December.
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黑料视频 Student Investment Fund celebrates 30-year anniversary
November 30, 2021
The Student Investment Fund provides 黑料视频 students with real-world investment experience, made possible by a $100,000 allocation from the UA Foundation to the 黑料视频 College of Business and Security Management, formerly the School of Management.
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Gratitude comes easy to science writer
November 24, 2021
With a short work week upon us and me not wanting to rush a draft through the editing pipeline, this week I visit a theme many writers are pulling from their back pockets: gratitude.
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黑料视频, electric utility collaborate to overhaul Kotzebue energy monitoring system
November 23, 2021
Kotzebue's electric utility will install advanced electricity meters next year with help from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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黑料视频 tapped as part of new National Science Foundation institutes
November 22, 2021
Two researchers at the 黑料视频 Geophysical Institute will participate in a new five-year $75 million effort by the National Science Foundation to increase collaboration among scientists and engineers to handle key problems.
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黑料视频 scientist reveals cause of lost magnetism at meteorite site
November 19, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist has discovered a method for detecting and better defining meteorite impact sites that have lost their craters.
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Listening to the voices of killer whales
November 18, 2021
Hannah Myers' fieldwork, executed on a 34-foot vessel that sails out of Seward, is shedding light on killer whales in the undersea world off the south coast of Alaska.
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Study: Sulfolane-eating microbe common in North Pole groundwater
November 17, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks research team has determined that a sulfolane-eating microbe is commonly found in North Pole groundwater but that it probably can't remedy the area's widespread contamination by the industrial solvent.
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黑料视频 scientist wins prestigious award for Arctic research
November 12, 2021
John Walsh, a climate scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has received the Mohn Prize for his outstanding research in the Arctic.
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Blown back to Alaska, bird perseveres
November 11, 2021
A bar-tailed godwit recently arrived in New Zealand on its second attempt to get there from Alaska, after a storm had blasted it back north.
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UA Giving Day nets $661,000 in support of 黑料视频 students, programs
November 11, 2021
Over the course of 49 hours, 748 donors contributed $661,709 in support of students and programs at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the university's second annual Giving Day event.
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黑料视频's GINA provides a guiding hand in Arctic Ocean research
November 11, 2021
Satellite imagery produced at the Geographic Information Network of Alaska, or GINA, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute helps the research vessel Sikuliaq weave its way through sea ice.
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Online course offers free Arctic climate change education
November 09, 2021
黑料视频 is making it easy for people globally to gain a basic understanding of climate change issues in the circumpolar North through a new massive open online course.
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Student鈥檚 research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
November 09, 2021
Doctoral student Rajan Itani found that upper-level winds from over the North Pole unexpectedly stall over Alaska.
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Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of Alaska
November 04, 2021
Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week -- flying all the way from Alaska to New Zealand -- rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that incredible journey.
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National Science Foundation funds diverse collaborators to study Arctic change
November 02, 2021
The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs recently funded the University of Alaska Fairbanks and six other institutions to synthesize what is known about the changing Arctic environment and its consequences.
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November museum programs explore animals in art
November 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring animals in art during family programs in November.
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Bus 142 to embark on final journey
October 29, 2021
In a cavernous room within the university's new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time in its eventful existence.
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Alaska's volunteer weather army needs you
October 22, 2021
Alaska's volunteer weather army needs participants
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Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind
October 22, 2021
In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.
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Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for 黑料视频 MOSAiC scientist
October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster, a research assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has been busy with her MOSAiC expedition research.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
October 14, 2021
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 14, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North invites families to explore the museum this Halloween season.
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Juday awarded George B. Fell Award
October 13, 2021
Glenn Juday, University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus of forest ecology, has received the George B. Fell Award from the national Natural Areas Association.
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黑料视频 joins national air quality research with Interior Alaska site
October 07, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.
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Space rocks streak through the Alaska sky
October 07, 2021
In late September, people on the Kenai Peninsula and in Anchorage noticed a white streak slashing the black night sky. Some even heard a boom.
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Stampede Trail bus moves to 黑料视频 engineering building
October 07, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North has moved Bus 142, made famous by Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild" and the 2007 film of the same name, to the university's engineering building in Fairbanks.
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Sikuliaq wraps up weeks of Arctic Ocean research
October 04, 2021
A cruise led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to investigate the origin of the Arctic Ocean's Amerasia Basin has concluded after more than seven weeks.
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October museum programs explore bones
October 04, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring the theme of bones during its family programs in October.
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Fluorescent bill may be seabird's neon sign
October 01, 2021
The crested auklet's beak -- the color of a tangerine -- is so bright a scientist thinks it may be fluorescent.
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黑料视频 undergrad uses novel data source to test climate model
September 30, 2021
黑料视频 CFOS undergraduate student Emily Williamson and co-author Chris Sergeant, a 黑料视频 PhD student, used nearly century-old temperature and precipitation data from a Southeast homesteader to test a popular climate model.
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High schoolers experience a summer of science
September 28, 2021
Youths in 黑料视频's Girls on Water and Girls in the Forest programs embarked on challenging and educational wilderness expeditions in summer 2021.
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Online Extension food preservation workshops scheduled
September 27, 2021
University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis is offering a series of Tuesday evening online classes on methods of preserving healthy foods by canning, freezing, pickling and drying.
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Four new Biden-appointed U.S. Arctic Research commissioners have 黑料视频 ties
September 24, 2021
University of Alaska Fairbanks affiliate Mike Sfraga was appointed on Friday as the new chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.
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Tannehill retires after 28 years with Extension on Kenai Peninsula
September 23, 2021
Alaska was love at first sight for Linda Tannehill when she came up in the summer of 1992 while on vacation. Tannehill started working at the Cooperative Extension office that fall and now, 28 years later, has decided to retire.
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Food protection manager workshop planned
September 23, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension will teach a two-day certified food protection manager workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 26-27.
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The season of senescence is upon us
September 23, 2021
The glorious paper birch outside the window that has for the past three weeks beamed a sunny glow is losing its luster, one golden coin at a time.
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黑料视频 researcher helps unravel cause of ancient city's destruction
September 22, 2021
黑料视频 associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka has helped reveal what caused the instant destruction of a thriving Bronze Age city of 8,000 people in the Middle East: an airburst from the explosion of a comet or meteor.
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Sport and recreation business speaker series begins Sept. 28
September 21, 2021
Sport and recreation business professionals will share their experiences during a series of free public online discussions.
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黑料视频 awards first Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowship
September 20, 2021
Alexandru Lapadat is the first recipient of the two-year Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowship.
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Work by 黑料视频 researchers, NASA aids Hurricane Ida response
September 17, 2021
Federal emergency managers needed information as Hurricane Ida approached Louisiana at the end of August. In Fairbanks, 3,400 miles away, scientists went to work using new techniques they developed.
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Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus
September 17, 2021
A biologist who lives in Atlanta and works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hunting for a virus in Alaska that was unknown to humans until 2015.
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黑料视频 business school gets new name
September 16, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management has changed its name to the College of Business and Security Management.
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Natural cycles in the Gulf of Alaska affect ocean acidification
September 15, 2021
New research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Big space mystery gets big attention from 黑料视频 space physicist
September 14, 2021
黑料视频 associate professor Hyunju Connor is working on three satellite launches in the quest to better understand the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere.
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Enter the 2021 Alaska Top Crop Contest
September 14, 2021
How did your garden grow this year? Were the sunflowers extra tall? Enter photos in the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center's second annual Alaska Top Crop Contest.
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Expedition embarks to assess the state of the eastern Arctic Ocean
September 10, 2021
A University of Alaska Fairbanks-led expedition embarks this week for a 40-day scientific cruise to assess the state of the eastern Arctic Ocean. The expedition, which is part of the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System, includes 27 participants from the United States, Russia, Japan and Denmark.
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Plastic ingenuity provides safe river exit
September 09, 2021
Our Labor Day canoe trip went a day long, and almost a boat short.
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黑料视频 names spring, summer 2021 honors students
September 08, 2021
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced the students named to the deans' and chancellor's lists for the spring and summer 2021 semesters. The lists recognize students' outstanding academic achievements
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黑料视频 researcher to lead four-year project to revolutionize seismology
September 03, 2021
A project to unite seismic data analysis and modeling with supercomputing power may help answer some of the biggest questions about the Earth's seismic activity.
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Diversity helps a place survive
September 03, 2021
黑料视频 Geophysical Institute directors have followed the advice of your financial advisor: diversify your portfolio.
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September museum programs explore berries
August 31, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on berries during family programs in September.
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What does it take to reach 75?
August 26, 2021
We just had a party up here, to celebrate the Geophysical Institute's 75th year of existence. Seventy-five years also happens to be the average life expectancy for a human these days.
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Climate change threatens seal hunting by Indigenous Alaskans
August 24, 2021
Climate change has severely reduced the length of the seal hunting season in a rural Alaska village, potentially threatening a key feature of the community's Indigenous way of life.
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Beavers not always to blame for beaver fever
August 19, 2021
Beavers usually get the rap for spreading Giardia (beaver fever), but researchers say we blame beavers too often.
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Pine grove near Yakutat is farthest north
August 12, 2021
Gaglioti walked in rubber boots on a green, squishy carpet of muskeg -- a wild garden of water-loving plants growing on acidic soil that has for centuries prevented the encroachment of giant rainforest trees.
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Study takes unprecedented peek into life of 17,000-year-old mammoth
August 12, 2021
Using isotopic data in a tusk, an international research team has retraced the astonishing lifetime journey of an Arctic woolly mammoth.
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黑料视频 Geophysical Institute to mark 75 years with public celebration
August 11, 2021
Come help the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute celebrate its 75th anniversary.
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黑料视频 researcher sails north in search of deep-sea answer
August 11, 2021
Geophysics professor Bernard Coakley is trying explain the formation of the large Arctic Ocean feature known as the Amerasia Basin.
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The closest people to an 8.2 earthquake
August 05, 2021
What if the country's largest earthquake in the last half century happened as you were getting ready for bed in the only cabin on a tiny island in the North Pacific?
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黑料视频 launches 12-week geographic information systems certificate
August 04, 2021
Filling a growing need for a workforce that can understand and interpret spatial data to reveal patterns and relationships, University of Alaska Fairbanks has created an online, 12-week professional certificate in geographic information systems as part of its edX partnership.
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Scientists look for cause of recent kittiwake die-off
July 28, 2021
A team of scientists from the University of Alaska and other organizations are investigating a seabird die-off in the Gulf of Alaska.
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One Health alumna provides veterinary care in Southwest Alaska
July 22, 2021
Laurie Meythaler-Mullins is one of the first two graduates of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' new master's degree program in One Health, and she's already putting her degree to good use.
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