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UAF's GINA provides a guiding hand in Arctic Ocean research
November 11, 2021
Satellite imagery produced at the Geographic Information Network of Alaska, or GINA, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute helps the research vessel Sikuliaq weave its way through sea ice.
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Online course offers free Arctic climate change education
November 09, 2021
UAF is making it easy for people globally to gain a basic understanding of climate change issues in the circumpolar North through a new massive open online course.
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Student’s research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
November 09, 2021
Doctoral student Rajan Itani found that upper-level winds from over the North Pole unexpectedly stall over Alaska.
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Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of Alaska
November 04, 2021
Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week -- flying all the way from Alaska to New Zealand -- rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that incredible journey.
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National Science Foundation funds diverse collaborators to study Arctic change
November 02, 2021
The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs recently funded the University of Alaska Fairbanks and six other institutions to synthesize what is known about the changing Arctic environment and its consequences.
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November museum programs explore animals in art
November 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring animals in art during family programs in November.
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Bus 142 to embark on final journey
October 29, 2021
In a cavernous room within the university's new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time in its eventful existence.
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Alaska's volunteer weather army needs you
October 22, 2021
Alaska's volunteer weather army needs participants
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Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind
October 22, 2021
In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.
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Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for UAF MOSAiC scientist
October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster, a research assistant professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has been busy with her MOSAiC expedition research.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
October 14, 2021
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 14, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North invites families to explore the museum this Halloween season.
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Juday awarded George B. Fell Award
October 13, 2021
Glenn Juday, University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus of forest ecology, has received the George B. Fell Award from the national Natural Areas Association.
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UAF joins national air quality research with Interior Alaska site
October 07, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.
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Space rocks streak through the Alaska sky
October 07, 2021
In late September, people on the Kenai Peninsula and in Anchorage noticed a white streak slashing the black night sky. Some even heard a boom.
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