UAF in the news: Week of Oct. 15, 2007

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
Phone: 907-474-7902
10/19/07

University gets $3.2 million science grant
Fairbanks Daily News Miner and several other state and national publications
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received $3.2 million to bolster a program designed to create Ph.D.-level researchers versed not only in the biological and earth sciences but also in the social sciences. Read more ...

Boreal forest, polar bears victims in global warming
Axcess News
Rising temperatures caused by human activities are affecting the boreal forest in Alaska, one of the prime regulators of greenhouse gases , according to a new study. Read more ...

Unmanned planes to assist in Alaska forecasts
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, USA Today and other publications
It’s hard to predict the weather in Alaska. Yet storms, winds and other pressure zones across the state and the surrounding ocean play a key role in determining weather conditions across the country and the rest of the world. Read more ...

Nanooks look to draw first blood in intrastate feud
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Jeff Penner’s first college hockey game is in the Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup Series against the University of Alaska Anchorage. Read more ...

Pulitzer winner, professor fill UAF chairs
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
A Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and a longtime history professor have been appointed to fill endowed faculty chair positions at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Read more ...

Skeptic of global warming gives lecture on causes
Sun Star
The auditorium of the Reichardt building was the setting last Thursday for a presentation by Alaska’s most respected skeptic on global warming, Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu, adding more ammunition to a current debate filled with propaganda and vitriol from both sides. Read more ...

Global warming? Compelling changes grip the Arctic
Minot Daily News
Sharks are showing up in Alaskan waters, 124 glaciers have disappeared from the Montana landscape since 1850 and North Dakota has lost 10 percent of its annual precipitation in the past 100 years. Read more ...

Researchers looking for best fruit trees for interior Alaska
KTUU
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Researchers in Fairbanks are trying to identify fruit trees that grow best in the Interior. Read more ...

Feds studying carbon, permafrost in Interior
KTUU
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A 5-year study of carbon and permafrost is under way in interior Alaska. The investigation, led by the U.S. Geological Survey and Purdue University, includes a number of Fairbanks-based researchers. Read more ...

Fairbanks cadets join exercise
Anchorage Daily News
BOISE, IDAHO -- Cadets from the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be among more than 100 taking part in an annual training and fitness exercise in Idaho Sunday. Read more ...

Alaska beetles survive ’unearthly’ temperatures
SITNews
"¨As we pull on winter coats and wool hats to shield our tropical bodies from the cold, there is a creature in our midst that survives Alaska’s coldest temperatures bare-naked. Read more ...