UAF STEMcon: #AGU19
November 25, 2019
Welcome to UAF STEMcon: #AGU19
Join University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists at the American Geophysical Union's 2019 fall meeting. This page is the hub for stories, videos, live events and resources to help you virtually explore one of the world's largest scientific meetings with researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. What is the American Geophysical Union? Learn more here.
Follow along live
- Wednesday, Dec. 11, 10:10-11 a.m. Alaska time/2:10-3 p.m. Eastern - Live Facebook Q&A with International Arctic Research Center Chief Scientist John Walsh, one of the contributors to the 2019 Arctic Report Card.
Alaska is changing, just like the rest of the North. Read about how in Alaska's Changing Environment and NOAA's Arctic Report Card and then talk to John Walsh live on Facebook on the UAF Facebook page.
Can't join the live event? You can still ask a question. Visit this form and submit your question by Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. and we'll ask as many as we can during the event. We'll even post the recording on our YouTube channel so you can watch later if you like.
- Twitter users can follow along with local researchers, students and staff at the meeting with the #UAFatAGU hashtag. Want to see what everyone is saying at the conference? Follow #AGU19.
- AGU GO - If you want the most authentic (and technical) experience, visit AGU GO (free registration required) and sit in on a real scientific session.
- Press program - Join journalists from around the world for press briefings, workshops and roundtables
on the most current scientific discoveries. Note: Only registered journalists may
ask questions, but anyone can observe. Find the schedule here and then watch online here.
- View Monday's press conference, "Ice in motion: Decades of satellite images illuminate change," with the UAF Geophysical Institute's Mark Fahnestock and national and international colleagues.
Set your own schedule (or save for later)
- Flash talks - Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 11-13
These five minute talks from the floor of the AGU exhibit hall will cover a wide variety of topics, from volcanoes to dinosaur tracks to Arctic storms to One Health. With a new batch posted each morning and nearly two dozen in total, they are perfect for a quick dose of science. Find them here.
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Wednesday, Dec. 11
(posting of Tuesday talks) |
Thursday, Dec. 12
(posting of Wednesday talks) |
Friday, Dec. 13
(posting of Thursday talks) |
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| "VR modeling a permafrost tunnel" - Conner Truskowski "Bathymetry and storm modeling" - Alec Bennett "Beyond visual line of sight at ACUASI" - Peter Webley "Satellite Fire and Smoke Products" - Carl Dierking "Satellite Snow and Ice Products" - Carl Dierking "Community-based erosion monitoring and hazard assessments" - Chris Maio "Walruses in declining Bering Sea ice" - Olivia Lee "Using photogrammetry to document a new dinosaur megatrack site" - Dustin Stewart |
"Prehistoric surges of the Black Rapids Glacier" - Phillip Wilson "Columbia Glacier: 48 years" - Mark Fahnestock "Berry stories: a new citizen science model" - Christina Buffington "Snow in the changing sea-ice systems" - Melinda Webster "5 step guide on how to build decision tools that are stakeholder-approved" - Dina Abdel-Fattah "Coordinated observations for shared benefits in a rapidly changing Arctic" - Hajo Eicken "Alaska's changing environment: a report" - John Walsh |
Volcanic jet noise" - Julia Gestrich "Alaska tsunamis: when the wild things are next door" - Elena Suleimani "The 30 November 2018 Mw7.1 Anchorage Earthquake" - Michael West "Transient impacts of arctic storm on sea ice: regional and seasonal analysis" - Liran Peng "It's in their bones" - Nicole Misarti "Technology transfer at UAF: opportunities and initiatives" - Peter Webley "Alaska: An incredible natural laboratory for geophysical research" - Bob McCoy "Climate change and One Health" - John Walsh |
- Science Q&A - Monday-Friday, Dec. 9-13
Visit with UAF researchers (including students) who were selected to present at this year's conference. They'll tell you all about the cool things they are studying and answer a few questions from our on-the-ground correspondent. Visit the playlist here.
- Featured stories
Read about the science and people who make UAF a leader in Arctic research and science education. Our staff writers will find the most interesting stories at AGU and share them here for you to read.
- Find an expert
Looking for a guest speaker or an expert in a specific scientific discipline? Visit the UAF experts guide and find one.
Questions?
Email us at uaf-news@alaska.edu.