Stories from the Field
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UAF, Toolik Field Station join Arctic climate initiative
May 17, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will help host and support a new $15-million federal initiative to better understand the resilience of Arctic organisms and ecosystems amid rapid climate change. Bringing together experts from 14 institutions, the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems Institute will focus on improving scientific and public understanding of how Arctic ecosystems are responding -- and will continue to respond -- as their environment shifts.
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Applications open for 2024 Dalton Highway artist residency
March 20, 2024
Artists and writers can apply for the 2024 Dalton Highway artist-in-residence position, based this year at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field Station.
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Toolik Field Station joins new international polar research network
March 18, 2024
Toolik Field Station has partnered with the new Polar Research Infrastructure Network to boost international collaboration in polar science.
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Departmental highlights from the Environmental Data Center
February 12, 2024
2023 was an exciting year for Toolik's Environmental Data Center. Learn about new hirings, permafrost thaw partnerships, and virtual field content.
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Attention permafrost microbes: iron has entered the group chat
February 09, 2024
Romanowicz was conducting an incubation for his doctoral research to track how microbes in different tundra soil layers near Toolik Field Station transition as the permafrost thaws.
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Russian war on Ukraine hampers Arctic change predictions
January 22, 2024
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is biasing predictions of how the Arctic will respond to climate change, according to a team of international scientists.
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Apply now for Toolik Field Station’s 2024 early career TUNDRA award
December 06, 2023
Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the TUNDRA award for the 2024 field season. Applications are due Feb. 15, 2024.
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Charting ‘Streams as Sensors’ of Climate Change with the Arctic RIOS Project
November 07, 2023
As 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.
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What makes a day in ‘The Land Where The Sun Never Sets’
October 11, 2023
Artist 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.
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New climate program launches underserved students into Arctic science
October 06, 2023
In late August, 12 students from OSU's TRIO Upward Bound program spent five days at the field research station, which is part of the Institute of Arctic Biology at UAF. The students participated firsthand with Toolik Field Station staff, scientists, artists and others responding to the warming Arctic.
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Toolik can provide support for new NSF safe and inclusive environment proposal requirement
July 21, 2023
Need inspiration for drafting your Plan for Safe and Inclusive Fieldwork, a new requirement for some National Science Foundation proposals? We can help!
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Construction of new Toolik water intake to begin in August
July 18, 2023
On August 8, extensive construction of a new water intake system will begin at Toolik Field Station.
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Toolik's 2022 TUNDRA awardees share research updates
July 17, 2023
After 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.
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Toolik shares research with Alaskans and beyond through spring outreach
June 12, 2023
This 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.
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Toolik launches climate education program for underserved students
March 21, 2023
Twelve high school students will visit Alaska’s remote Arctic during summer 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.
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Creating a community of respect at Toolik Field Station
December 14, 2022
For 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.
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Long-term records track climate change effects on Alaska’s North Slope
December 14, 2022
For 15 years, staff at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station 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.
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Frigid but not rigid -- researchers discover surprising plant phenomenon
September 06, 2022
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.
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Toolik Field Station Receives Another Five Years' Funding
August 03, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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The Ecotypes Project Returns for a New Game of Tundra Chess
April 05, 2022
In the Arctic’s short summer growing season, timing is everything.
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