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UAF names 2022 alumni award recipients
January 14, 2022
The ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Association has named its 2022 award recipients.
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UAF 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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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 UAF 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? ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ composer Michael Bucy has an answer to that question.
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UAF researchers featured in permafrost science overview
January 11, 2022
A newly published overview of recent permafrost science includes contributions from seven ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ creature she wanted to study: the porcupine.
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January museum programs explore tools
January 05, 2022
The University of ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥
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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥-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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥'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 ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ communities by 2100, according to research by a ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ 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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