Toolik Spotlight
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Departmental highlights from the Environmental Data Center
February 12, 2024Toolik’s EDC had an exciting year in 2023, from hiring new year-round employees to upholding exemplary partnerships and creating new products for outreach and data visualization.Read article -
Attention permafrost microbes: iron has entered the group chat
February 9, 2024When Karl Romanowicz first saw the results from his study on permafrost microbes, he almost didn’t believe them.Read article -
Charting ‘Streams as Sensors’ of Climate Change with the Arctic RIOS Project
November 7, 2023As climate change rapidly alters the Arctic, researchers at Toolik Field Station are diving in to study how the Arctic’s river networks can be used to understand what’s happening to the whole landscape.Read article -
What makes a day in ‘The Land Where The Sun Never Sets’
October 11, 2023Artist Sophie Morrell found the components of her Toolik-inspired artwork in the exact same way Toolik staff found her art, using a simple Google search.Read article -
New climate program launches underserved students into Arctic science
October 6, 2023Driving Alaska’s Dalton Highway, the rugged 400-mile road that stretches from north of Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay, is the trip of a lifetime for many. But 12 recent travelers from Oregon met this bucket list item before even graduating from high school.Read article -
Toolik can provide support for new NSF safe and inclusive environment proposal requirement
July 21, 2023Need inspiration for drafting your Plan for Safe and Inclusive Fieldwork, a new requirement for some National Science Foundation proposals? We can help!Read article -
Construction of new Toolik water intake to begin in August
July 18, 2023On August 8, extensive construction of a new water intake system will begin at Toolik Field Station.Read article -
Toolik's 2022 TUNDRA awardees share research updates
July 17, 2023After delays due to COVID, we finally were able to welcome our inaugural cohort of TUNDRA awardees in summer 2022. Read updates from the awardees on their preliminary findings.Read article -
Toolik shares research with Alaskans and beyond through spring outreach
June 12, 2023This spring, Toolik Field Station connected with over 1,900 people in a series of outreach events that highlighted the local and global importance of the Arctic tundra.Read article -
Toolik launches climate education program for underserved students
March 21, 2023Twelve high school students will visit Alaska’s remote Arctic during summer 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.Read article -
Creating a community of respect at Toolik Field Station
December 14, 2022For many students in the natural sciences, field experiences are often the deciding factor in continuing a career in science. Toolik Field Station works to make sure all who visit leave with a positive, transformative experience.Read article -
Long-term records track climate change effects on Alaska’s North Slope
December 14, 2022For 15 years, staff at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station, located north of the Brooks Range, have kept a close eye on the tundra’s daily activity. They record everything from lake ice thickness and precipitation to the date when each year’s first blueberry ripens. It’s a practice that’s left Amanda Young, a co-principal investigator for Toolik, questioning what “normal” means in a rapidly changing Arctic.Read article -
Frigid but not rigid — researchers discover surprising plant phenomenon
September 6, 2022Researchers Peter Ray and Syndonia Bret-Harte have studied Arctic plants for a combined 50 years. But they recently found there was still more to learn when an accidental experiment led to a surprising discovery about how such plants behave in the snow.Read article -
Toolik Field Station Receives Another Five Years' Funding
August 3, 2022Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.Read article -
The Ecotypes Project Returns for a New Game of Tundra Chess
April 5, 2022In the Arctic’s short summer growing season, timing is everything.Read article -
Toolik Community Joins Together in Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences
March 31, 2022Last year, Toolik Field Station joined thousands of scientists across the United States in the journey towards being anti-racist.Read article -
Reverberations in Permafrost Thaw
March 17, 2022When Nikki Lindt first traveled to the Arctic, she was no stranger to the ways climate change could alter ecosystems.Read article -
Facility upgrades continue with a new medical building and waste heat extension
Marhc 17, 2022In an effort to better support the needs of its users, Toolik Field Station underwent two major upgrades this past year.Read article