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Searching for microplastics on Denali
May 02, 2024
Two college students will soon be stuffing snow from the slopes of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'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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UAF to host 102nd commencement ceremony
May 01, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will honor the Class of 2024 during its 102nd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.
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Charting a course for stream restoration at Cripple Creek
April 29, 2024
Researchers at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ are studying how a restored Cripple Creek could host not only juvenile Chinook but also chub, grayling, longnose sucker and burbot.
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Museum offers two teen workshops in May
April 26, 2024
The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will offer two ARTSci workshops for teens in May. The workshops explore the connections between art and science.
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Treasures found within a volcanic cave
April 25, 2024
Ben Jones suspected he had found something special when he squeezed into a volcanic cave and saw pale wooden poles, some with ends shaped like a willow leaf.
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UAF names 2024 student award recipients
April 25, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ will honor Nolan Earnest, Janelle Pootoogooluk and T. Womack on May 3 as its outstanding undergraduate degree recipients for 2024.
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UAF researchers head to Anchorage for nation's largest seismology conference
April 25, 2024
ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ seismologists, staff and students will be in Anchorage next week for the annual national meeting of the Seismological Society of America. Organizers say this year's meeting will be the largest ever for the society, with nearly 1,100 people registered.
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May museum programs explore spring
April 24, 2024
Family programs at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Museum of the North will explore the theme of spring in May.
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Arctic Innovation Competition awards over $45,000 for creative ideas
April 23, 2024
A durable storage tote for expeditions took the top prize in the 2024 Arctic Innovation Competition's main division. The competition awarded more than $45,000 in cash prizes and scholarships on Saturday, April 20, at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel.
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ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Berry Futures unveils third booklet
April 23, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Berry Futures Project promotes understanding and sharing of the impacts of climate change on northern berry species and recently expanded its berry booklet series to include a third species, the lowbush cranberry. The series has previously published guides for the cloudberry and blueberry.
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Scientists, communities work together to monitor ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ ice conditions
April 22, 2024
A 1,000-mile snowmachine journey across Interior ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ is helping the Fresh Eyes on Ice program monitor ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'s lake and river ice during freeze-up, over winter and during breakup. The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥-led project also uses drone surveys, satellite imagery and citizen science in an all-hands-on-deck approach to making river and lake ice travel safer for ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ns.
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Number of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ glaciers is everchanging
April 18, 2024
A glaciologist once wrote that the number of glaciers in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ "is estimated at (greater than) 100,000." That fuzzy number, perhaps written in passive voice for a reason, might be correct. But it depends upon how you count.
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Arctic Innovation Competition awards to be presented April 20
April 17, 2024
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Business and Security Management will host the annual Arctic Innovation Competition finals and award ceremony at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel on Saturday, April 20, from 1-5 p.m.
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Food preservation workshops scheduled for Yakutat
April 17, 2024
Three days of workshops with sessions covering water bath and pressure canning, pickling and fermenting vegetables, and making fruit leather are scheduled for April 25-27 in Yakutat.
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