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UAF makes Alaska's first large drone flight from international airport
May 23, 2022
An unmanned aircraft owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks flew from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday. The flight was the first civilian large drone operation from an international airport in Alaska.
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University, partners deploy carbon dioxide-sensing underwater glider
May 23, 2022
Alaska has a new tool for tracking ocean acidification -- a 7-foot-long, bright pink Seaglider. The University of Alaska Fairbanks and its commercial partners are the first U.S. team to measure carbon dioxide, the driving factor in ocean acidification, with an unoccupied underwater vehicle.
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UAF hosts international remote sensing symposium
May 23, 2022
More than 100 scientists and policymakers from around the circumpolar North gathered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks last week for the 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
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Music in the Garden series begins May 26
May 19, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.
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Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
May 19, 2022
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best stepped into the Yukon River. She held a 3-foot portion of grader blade. Running along the blade was river-measuring tube secured by hose clamps.
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Really Free Market returns to UAF on May 21
May 16, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 21, in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.
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Alaska's big river breaks up at Eagle
May 13, 2022
Breakup happened on the Yukon River at Eagle, the river's first settlement as it flows into the United States, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Annual UAF Arctic Research Open House set for May 19
May 12, 2022
Come learn about the incredible research happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks during the 2022 Arctic Research Open House from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 19.
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Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data
May 12, 2022
The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in Alaska. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are among the many observations reported by a team of 76 scientists from 17 nations that researched the eruption's atmospheric waves.
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Cooperative Extension workshops get underway in Southeast
May 06, 2022
Juneau-based Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis will travel to remote Southeast communities in her family's cruising trawler to hold classes this month.
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Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon
May 05, 2022
Andy Bassich lives on the south bank of the Yukon River, about 12 miles downstream from Eagle, Alaska, the first community in America along the largest waterway in Alaska.
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UAF steel bridge team earns spot in national finals
May 05, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks steel bridge team is headed back to familiar territory -- the national championships. The UAF squad earned the top score last month in the Pacific Northwest Regional AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition, finishing in first place in five of the six judging categories.
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UAF, Willamette Law ink cooperative agreement
May 04, 2022
Willamette University College of Law and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have signed a new agreement that will give Alaska students a new path to a law degree.
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Married to science: couple works toward a healthier ocean
May 04, 2022
Science is a family affair for Claudine Hauri and Andrew McDonnell. They're married oceanographers tackling issues like ocean acidification, lagging technology and Alaska's massive lack of ocean data.
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Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblor
May 04, 2022
A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade along the fault.
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