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November 07, 2025
I once asked a snowmachiner heading out on a trail from Nome where he was going. "Boston," he said before speeding off.
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Palmer scientist to lead workshop on composting for beginners
November 06, 2025
Caley Gasch, a soil scientist with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, will lead a workshop on the basics of composting, which creates a great soil amendment and keeps materials from going to the landfill.
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Study and report offer insights into ice conditions
November 05, 2025
As ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s rivers begin serving as winter roads and trails, a new study from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ helps explain why certain stretches of water never seem to freeze.
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November museum programs explore archaeology
November 04, 2025
The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North family programs will explore archaeology in November.
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Researcher to discuss putting local food in local hands
November 04, 2025
A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ professor will discuss putting local food in local hands during an ongoing seminar series. The presentation by Glenna Gannon, assistant professor of sustainable food systems with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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Faces on a beach in Southwest ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥
October 30, 2025
Walking a storm-scoured ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ beach, archaeologist Rick Knecht knelt to pick up a wooden figurine the size of his palm.
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UAF planetarium set for spring opening
October 30, 2025
A decades-long dream of a planetarium at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will come to fruition this spring when the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ opens the new 65-seat facility to the public.
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UAF, trawlers team up to reduce killer whale entanglements
October 28, 2025
Following a recent spike in Bering Sea killer whale entanglements, a simple addition to fishing nets has delivered positive early results for keeping the big marine mammals out of deep-water flatfish trawls. The net modification was developed through a collaboration between ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ researcher Hannah Myers and the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Seafood Cooperative, which coordinates a fleet that targets groundfish such as flounder and sole.
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Online ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ master gardener course open for registration
October 27, 2025
Registration is open for a new ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ master gardener course, which will be taught over Zoom. Casey Matney and Darren Snyder, agriculture and horticulture agents with the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the course.
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Hair ice enlivens an extended fall
October 24, 2025
Just when you thought you'd seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.
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UAF summit to explore health care careers, education
October 21, 2025
Community members can explore an ever-expanding array of health careers and educational opportunities at the 14th annual ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Interior Medical Education Summit. The summit will feature demonstrations, panel discussions and hands-on activities to introduce attendees to various health care careers and education options. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Murie Building at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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2025 growing season one of the longest in Fairbanks history
October 17, 2025
The 2025 Fairbanks growing season officially ended on Sept. 24, according to measurements taken at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm on the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Troth Yeddha' Campus. The freeze on Sept. 24 ended a 129-day growing season, defined as the number of days between freezing temperatures, said Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the UAF ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness.
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Researcher helps examine puzzling Arctic Ocean ice fog
October 17, 2025
A type of cloud that forms low near ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s northern coast and over the Arctic Ocean lasts far longer than scientific understanding says it should. Associate research professor Carl Schmitt is helping a federally funded research team figure out why it's happening.
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Mountain glaciers will lose their insulating air layer
October 16, 2025
A natural cooling mechanism has been shielding the world's mountain glaciers from increasingly warm summer melt seasons, but new research by an international science team says the protective process will break down by mid-century.
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ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ volcano as climate disrupter
October 16, 2025
A circular scar on ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s face speaks to an event that may have contributed to the fall of societies on the far side of the world.
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