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Tour the Fairbanks office of the National Weather Service
May 14, 2024
Have you ever wanted to see what the inside of the local National Weather Service looks like? On Thursday, May 16, you will have your chance during Arctic Research Open House.
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Solar storm -- not HAARP -- creates intense auroral display
May 13, 2024
Night skies over the weekend erupted with vivid colors and awed people all around the globe as the solar wind from a severe geomagnetic storm produced by our sun entered Earth's upper atmosphere and created auroral displays. The spectacular aurora sparked questions about possible connections to recent experiments by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP.
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Research event gives visitors a backstage pass to science fun
May 13, 2024
The rock-n-roll themed event -- Tundra Struck -- will offer the community a peek behind the curtain to see why the results of UAF research reverberate around the world.
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Kuskokwim Campus celebrates 50th commencement ceremony
May 13, 2024
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ Kuskokwim Campus honored the Class of 2024 during its 50th commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel.
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Diane O'Brien elected to the National Academy of Sciences
May 13, 2024
Diane, O'Brien, interim director of the Institute of Arctic Biology, is one of 120 newly elected members to the National Academy of Sciences that were announced at the organization's annual meeting.
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Mountain goats live and die on the edge
May 09, 2024
Kevin White has placed his hands on the long, white fur of more than 400 Alaska mountain goats during the past 20 years. His diligence in studying this Ice Age wanderer of high, steep, country has led to a new understanding -- a surprising number of the creatures die by snow avalanche.
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UAF biology student awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 09, 2024
ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ graduate student Jorda Kovash was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. She is one of two graduate students in the state of Alaska who received the prestigious award in the 2024 cycle.
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UAF to host 15th annual Really Free Market Saturday, May 18
May 08, 2024
The ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.
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UAF undergraduate wins Goldwater Scholarship
May 07, 2024
ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ geosciences undergraduate Xochitl Muñoz has been named a 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar. The Goldwater Scholarship program is designed to identify, encourage and financially support outstanding collegiate juniors and seniors pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic resilience of Pacific walruses
May 06, 2024
DNA extracted from ancient bones has helped scientists at the ÌÀÄ·ÊÓƵ shed light on the surprising resilience of Pacific walruses in the face of historical overhunting.
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Citizen science offers lessons in understanding Fairbanks' climate
May 06, 2024
Interior Alaska's long winters are the impetus for a lot of long-running citizen science. The Nenana Ice Classic is a 107-year-long climate record for Interior Alaska. But it's not the only citizen science effort in Fairbanks, which also boasts multi-decadal records for predicting green-up, when birch sap will start flowing, and when to stock up on allergy medications to get ready for pollen season.
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Remote Alaska communities benefit from UAF renewable energy research
May 06, 2024
Renewable energy generation is increasing around the world. Alaska, while remote and in an Arctic climate, is no exception. Communities in Alaska, including remote localities that are far from big cities and often only accessible by air or boat, have some of the most innovative renewable energy technology.
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UAF scientist's research answers big question about our system's largest planet
May 03, 2024
New discoveries about Jupiter could lead to a better understanding of Earth’s own space environment and influence a long-running scientific debate about the solar system’s largest planet.
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Searching for microplastics on Denali
May 02, 2024
Two college students will soon be stuffing snow from the slopes of Alaska's highest mountain into Nalgene bottles. Their goal is to see if that precipitation contains tiny plastic particles that are ubiquitous everywhere else on Earth.
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Mountain goats and the costs of living dangerously
May 02, 2024
Mountain goats use steep, exposed terrain to avoid carnivores such as wolves, but new research reveals a significant cost of this behavior: exposure to snow avalanches.
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