Stories from the Field
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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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Toolik Community Joins Together in Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences
March 31, 2022
Last year, Toolik Field Station joined thousands of scientists across the United States in the journey towards being anti-racist.
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Reverberations in Permafrost Thaw
March 17, 2022
When Nikki Lindt first traveled to the Arctic, she was no stranger to the ways climate change could alter ecosystems.
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Facility upgrades continue with a new medical building and waste heat extension
March 17, 2022
Learn more about facility upgrades Toolik Field Station underwent in fall 2021.
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