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When it doesn't rain enough in the rainforest
March 01, 2022
From 2016-2019, Southeast Alaska experienced drinking water shortages, insect outbreaks, low hydroelectric output and more wildfire than usual. Scientists are studying this drought, its causes and impacts, and the likelihood of future similar droughts.
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Museum offers art and science workshop for teens
February 28, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is offering a March 14 workshop for teens to explore connections between art and science.
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Bird havens on a transcontinental journey
February 24, 2022
Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches, feeling mysterious impulses that will soon make them leap off their branches and head toward Alaska.
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黑料黑历史 scientist waits to see outcome of his work on Webb telescope
February 23, 2022
When thousands of computer-controlled eyes begin looking out from an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope in the coming months and years, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka will be satisfied.
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Mariculture conference will explore challenges and opportunities
February 22, 2022
The University of Alaska will host a mariculture conference in Juneau's Centennial Hall on April 12-14, 2022. The conference will focus on the status of mariculture in Alaska, as well as challenges and opportunities in the industry.
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Rocket to launch in probe of mysterious pulsating aurora
February 22, 2022
NASA is set to launch a rocket from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks as early as Thursday in pursuit of greater understanding about a form of the northern lights called pulsating aurora.
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Hardy gnats survive winter half frozen
February 17, 2022
Todd Sformo discovered that the fungus gnat survives the winter by allowing half of its body to freeze.
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黑料黑历史 researchers plan in-depth Bering Land Bridge study
February 15, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received a $1.7 million grant to construct a picture of what the Bering Land Bridge looked like during the last ice age.
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Master gardener classes planned in Palmer, Anchorage
February 15, 2022
Registration is open for spring master gardener classes in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna region.
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Ninety below zero and the unfrozen beer
February 10, 2022
It is early February, about the date Glenn Shaw once noted as the first day at Fairbanks' latitude you could feel the tickle of the sun on your cheek.
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Caribou cams give insight into secret lives
February 03, 2022
The cameras captured a nine-second video every 20 minutes with a precise GPS location stamp. With them, scientists were able to see not only what but also, for the first time, where caribou were eating.
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Alaska teachers invited to a virtual Arctic Educators Fair
February 02, 2022
Alaska educators and Arctic-inspired teachers are invited to a free virtual Arctic Educators Fair on Feb. 16 from 4-5:30 p.m.
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Nova episode explores Arctic methane explosions
January 31, 2022
"Arctic Sinkholes," a new episode of the public television science series Nova airing Wednesday, follows several scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and elsewhere as they study massive holes that have been appearing across the Arctic landscape.
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February museum programs explore big things
January 31, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on the theme of big things during family programs in February.
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Thirty years on semisolid ground
January 27, 2022
At the end of this month, Vladimir Romanovsky will retire after 30 years as a professor and permafrost scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.
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