Toolik launches climate education program for underserved students

March 21, 2023

Twelve high school students will visit Alaska's remote Arctic during summer 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.
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Dozens descend upon Alaska to measure snow

March 21, 2023

Five scientists have padded their way on snowshoes into the middle of this frozen swamp in Fairbanks. They are here to measure the pillowy, perfect snowpack that has fallen here, flake by flake, since last October.
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‘Airborne object’ response builds on UAF, military partnership

March 16, 2023

The Department of Defense asked for the university's help in recovery. The effort showcased the university's ability to be an essential federal government partner in the Arctic.
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UAF, NASA create snow science outreach program

March 16, 2023

More than 50 U.S. and international scientists are testing new ways of measuring snow from above in Alaska through March, part of NASA's SnowEx program. During and after the science campaign, a partner NASA-funded program, SnowEd, will engage students and the public in exploring snow.
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UAF scientist offers evidence that Venus is volcanically active

March 15, 2023

Venus appears to have volcanic activity, according to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth's sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows.
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Stranger in a rich land of winter life

March 13, 2023

Why are there so many animals closer to the equator than there are here in Alaska, where we sleep much closer to the North Pole?
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The demise of Scotch Cap lighthouse

March 03, 2023

In spring of 1946, five men stationed at the Scotch Cap lighthouse had reasons to be happy. World War II was over. They had survived. Their lonely Coast Guard assignment on Unimak Island would be over in a few months.
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Study: Drones effective for surveying tidewater glacier habitat

March 01, 2023

A University of Alaska Fairbanks research project has shown that drones can accurately measure icebergs shed by tidewater glaciers, a potential boon for studying vanishing coastal habitat for seals and other animals in the North Pacific.
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Birds in Alaska, 70 million years ago

February 24, 2023

Lonely northern cliffs from which scientists have pulled the bones of Alaska dinosaurs also hold the fossilized remains of birds.
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UAF researchers aiding NASA in developing Venus seismometer

February 23, 2023

Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, working with NASA, are helping create a Venusian seismometer that can operate long enough in that planet’s extremes to provide insight into its seismicity.
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