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  • A man in a knit cap and blue puffer jacket holds a GPS reader while standing outdoors near a mountain range

    Presentation planned on GPS use for recreation

    December 11, 2025

    A free in-person and virtual presentation will discuss how to use a GPS receiver for navigation and safer backcountry travel. Nelson Crone, farm director at the Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center in Palmer, will provide a basic overview of GPS use for navigation, plus tips and best practices for recreational travel in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥.
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  • The West Ridge research area at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ nestles against frosted woodlands in November 2025. Photo by Eric Marshall

    ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ climate report: November anything but normal

    December 11, 2025

    November brought two wildly differing snow stories to ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥, according to the monthly summary from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Climate Research Center at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Geophysical Institute.
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  • A bunch of freshly harvested carrots are washed off

    State, Cooperative Extension offer free grower safety course

    December 10, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Department of Environmental Conservation and the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will hold a Produce Safety Alliance grower training in January.
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  • ACEP internship program builds ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥â€™s next workforce

    December 10, 2025

    The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Center for Energy and Power summer internship program is accepting applications for summer 2026. The program offers undergraduate interns opportunities to engage in projects in marine, geothermal or high-latitude solar energy, heat pumps, cyberinfrastructure and data analysis.
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  • The July 9, 1962, Starfish Prime explosion above the Pacific Ocean.

    Research offers defense against energized space electrons

    December 09, 2025

    Research at the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Geophysical Institute is advancing the ability to quickly clean up Earth's radiation belts from a flood of energetic electrons created by an extraordinary solar blast or a nuclear explosion in space.
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  • A man in a red knit cap, standing in a grassy fields with mountains and the ocean behind him, holds a dirty, white cylindrical piece of equipment, about a foot long, with an electrical cord hanging from it.

    The people behind earthquake early warning

    December 04, 2025

    When you follow scientists in the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ wilderness, you'll almost certainly get alder-snagged.
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  • A person uses cutters and wire to shape a tree during a bonsai workshop

    Hands-on workshop introduces ancient art of bonsai

    December 04, 2025

    The word "bonsai" means "tree in a dish or tray," and the practice invites participants to slow down and cultivate patience. A hands-on, two-day workshop sponsored by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service will teach participants about the ancient art.
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  • Three people smile insides a yellow tent, inside a building. They hold a poster that reads ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices. The tent is labeled the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices Story Telling Tent.

    'ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices' shares climate adaptation stories

    December 03, 2025

    The second season of the podcast "ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Voices" brings listeners into the lives of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ns dealing with one of the most rapidly changing environments on Earth.
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  • A shovel stands on a snowy rooftop with snow-covered cars and houses in the background.

    Anchorage researcher to discuss results of snow load survey

    December 02, 2025

    A recent survey shows 70% of Anchorage residents are concerned about heavy snow loads on roofs, and a significant number are hiring help to address these concerns. In a webinar hosted by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Cooperative Extension Service, Jennifer Schmidt, associate professor of natural resource management and policy at the University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, will discuss the results of the survey.
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  • A diagram shows how air movement causes wires to bounce.

    The mystery of the dancing wires

    December 01, 2025

    In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary bears in hillside dens, little things catch our attention. Like wires that move as if by magic.
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  • Headshot photo of CTC dean candidate, Kevin Alexander.

    CTC dean candidates to make public presentations

    November 25, 2025

    Kevin Alexander and Brenda Madore, candidates for dean of the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Community and Technical College, will give public presentations Monday, Dec. 1, and Tuesday, Dec. 2.
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  • A man stands in a greenhouse next to pots of wheat and barley.

    Seminar explores ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ food independence scenario

    November 24, 2025

    A ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ professor will explore how ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ might grow enough grain to supply its needs and limit reliance on imported food. The presentation by Jakir Hasan, research assistant professor of plant genetics with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the seminar series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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  • A woman in a gray and purple parka and brown knitted cap stands in front of farmland backed by a bay with mountains in the background

    Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

    November 21, 2025

    Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway. San Roman was part of a group from the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension who spent a week in September with farmers, producers and researchers from Earth's circumpolar regions.
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  • Pillars of light rise above a snowy field.

    As the dark season begins, more light

    November 20, 2025

    It's November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where you're leaving your bootprints on the planet.
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  • The research vessel Sikuliaq navigates Resurrection Bay on the way to its homeport at the Seward Marine Center in 2020.

    Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica

    November 20, 2025

    The research vessel Sikuliaq will begin a long journey to Antarctica this week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. The ship, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by the ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since 2014, has largely been used in waters around ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. Starting early next year, the vessel's duties will temporarily shift to Antarctica for the first time.
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