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Local elections are happening all over the state today. Make sure you take time to visit your polling place! Not sure where that is? Visit your local government's website for information. #NanooksVote #VoteLocal
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Local elections are happening all over the state today. Make sure you take time to visit your polling place! Not sure where that is? Visit your local government's website for information. #NanooksVote #VoteLocal
Is seeing the aurora borealis on your bucket list? This aurora season, join UAF Ph.D. student Vincent Ledvina, "The Aurora Guy," to learn how to predict, chase and see the northern lights. See the full documentary on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4gVrMd8
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October 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Is seeing the aurora borealis on your bucket list? This aurora season, join UAF Ph.D. student Vincent Ledvina, "The Aurora Guy," to learn how to predict, chase and see the northern lights. See the full documentary on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4gVrMd8
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Sign up for this webinar to learn which native plants can be good replacements for invasive species.
Discover which plants Alaska pollinators prefer in webinar
While flowers like bird vetch and white sweetclover may be pretty, they are invasive and their spread can be harmful to pollinators, according to an entomologist with the University of Alaska Fairbank...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sign up for this webinar to learn which native plants can be good replacements for invasive species.
From this month's Alaska climate report: June picked up where May left off — cool, rainy and even frosty at night in parts of the Interior. Things changed in the second week of June.
Alaska climate report: June jumped from cool to hot, hot, hot
June began cool and wet but rapidly changed to hot and dry at the midpoint, with wildfires bursting out across the state, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
From this month's Alaska climate report: June picked up where May left off — cool, rainy and even frosty at night in parts of the Interior. Things changed in the second week of June.
Graduate student researcher Valerie Wasser has found that the addition of hot new magma into Augustine Volcano's reservoir of cooler, older magma increased the pressure enough to trigger the 2006 eruption.
Tiny crystals provide insight to massive 2006 Augustine Volcano eruption
Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process triggering the major 2006 eruption of Alaska’s Augustin...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Graduate student researcher Valerie Wasser has found that the addition of hot new magma into Augustine Volcano's reservoir of cooler, older magma increased the pressure enough to trigger the 2006 eruption.
More toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice.
Whale poop links toxic algal blooms to ocean warming
Analysis of bowhead whale poop shows that more toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice.
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July 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
More toxins from typically warm-water toxic algae species are entering Arctic food webs as northern oceans warm and lose sea ice.
Mark your calendars for field days at our experiment farms in Fairbanks (July 29) and Palmer (July 31). www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-...
Alaska agricultural science on display at Field Days
Spend an afternoon with researchers in the fields of the experiment farms in Fairbanks or Palmer and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. UAF’s ...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Mark your calendars for field days at our experiment farms in Fairbanks (July 29) and Palmer (July 31). www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-...
From the Alaska Science Forum: Natural changes only part of the story. Read more: www.uaf.edu/news/natural...
July 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
From the Alaska Science Forum: Natural changes only part of the story. Read more: www.uaf.edu/news/natural...
UAF scientist Gunther Kletetschka’s mathematical formula of six total dimensions — of time and space combined — could bring scientists closer to finding the single unifying explanation of the universe.
UAF professor’s work is a step toward elusive ‘theory of everything’
Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist. The theory also argu...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
UAF scientist Gunther Kletetschka’s mathematical formula of six total dimensions — of time and space combined — could bring scientists closer to finding the single unifying explanation of the universe.
Our new planetarium at the University of Alaska Museum of the North is starting to take shape!
Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project
Construction has begun on a new 65-seat planetarium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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June 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Our new planetarium at the University of Alaska Museum of the North is starting to take shape!
Longtime Poker Flat Research Range director Kathe Rich reflects on more than three decades of service.
Career at rocket range energizing, fun
After 35 years of driving to work over a small mountain each day, Kathe Rich will soon make her last daily ascent of Cleary Summit.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Longtime Poker Flat Research Range director Kathe Rich reflects on more than three decades of service.
Apparently, the grain is shrinking, and it's not by accident: According to UAF scientists, the shift to shorter grain actually resulted from breeding efforts that began in the mid-20th century.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Apparently, the grain is shrinking, and it's not by accident: According to UAF scientists, the shift to shorter grain actually resulted from breeding efforts that began in the mid-20th century.
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This new network allows scientists to know in greater detail how space weather such as the aurora impacts Earth’s atmosphere. which is important for radio communication, satellite navigation and spacecraft operations.
New triple-observatory network completes first winter of data
Three new Arctic mini-observatories located across the globe from Alaska have completed their first winter studying the upper atmosphere’s wind under guidance of a University of Alaska Fairbanks physi...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This new network allows scientists to know in greater detail how space weather such as the aurora impacts Earth’s atmosphere. which is important for radio communication, satellite navigation and spacecraft operations.
The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, according to a new study from UAF researchers.
Rainfall, melting permafrost change Interior Alaska stream systems
The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, a new study reports. The study authors found that groundwater m...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The aquatic chemistry and flow rates in Interior Alaska’s streams are shifting in response to thawing permafrost and increased rainfall, according to a new study from UAF researchers.
Take a trip down the Richardson Highway on Saturday and learn all about the cool research happening at HAARP. www.facebook.com/events/12241...
UAF HAARP Open House 2025
Party event in Manley Hot Springs, AK by UAF Geophysical Institute and 2 others on Saturday, June 14 2025 with 322 people interested.6 posts in the discussion.
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June 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Take a trip down the Richardson Highway on Saturday and learn all about the cool research happening at HAARP. www.facebook.com/events/12241...
Artists: Here's an opportunity to apply for residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region.
In a Time of Change announces call for artists
The In a Time of Change program is accepting applications for artist residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Artists: Here's an opportunity to apply for residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region.
Ever wonder what 73-million-year-old baby bird bones look like? Now you know!
Baby birds of the Cretaceous: Study finds birds nested alongside Arctic dinosaurs
YouTube video by University of Alaska Fairbanks
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June 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Ever wonder what 73-million-year-old baby bird bones look like? Now you know!
If you live in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley (or know someone who does) this new web tool has valuable information about glacial outburst flooding for you and your neighbors.
New website improves Juneau flood preparedness
A new flood preparedness website for Juneau residents is now live. The Juneau Glacial Flood Dashboard was developed by the University of Alaska Southeast and the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Cent...
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June 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
If you live in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley (or know someone who does) this new web tool has valuable information about glacial outburst flooding for you and your neighbors.
UPDATE: There's a winter storm watch for parts of the Dalton Highway on the way to Toolik. We'll still be open for visitors, but encourage people to check 511.alaska.gov or the National Weather Service before traveling. We'll have other Visitors Days in the future, so please put your safety first!
Toolik Field Station is opening their doors to the public this Friday, June 6. It's a long drive, but worth it to get the rare chance to visit this amazing research station. Find more here: www.uaf.edu/toolik/news/...
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June 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
UPDATE: There's a winter storm watch for parts of the Dalton Highway on the way to Toolik. We'll still be open for visitors, but encourage people to check 511.alaska.gov or the National Weather Service before traveling. We'll have other Visitors Days in the future, so please put your safety first!
Toolik Field Station is opening their doors to the public this Friday, June 6. It's a long drive, but worth it to get the rare chance to visit this amazing research station. Find more here: www.uaf.edu/toolik/news/...
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June 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Toolik Field Station is opening their doors to the public this Friday, June 6. It's a long drive, but worth it to get the rare chance to visit this amazing research station. Find more here: www.uaf.edu/toolik/news/...
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks will launch the 2025 Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series on June 9.
The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community. www.uaf.edu/news/202...
The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community. www.uaf.edu/news/202...
2025 Tall Timbers interview series begins June 9 | UAF news and information
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will launch the 2025 Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series on June 9. The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community.
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May 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will launch the 2025 Fairbanks Tall Timbers interview series on June 9.
The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community. www.uaf.edu/news/202...
The nine-week series is presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning and honors people with longtime service to the Fairbanks community. www.uaf.edu/news/202...
A team of middle school students from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole competed in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last weekend.
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North Pole Science Olympiad team competes in national tournament
A team of middle school students from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole will compete in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 23-24.
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May 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A team of middle school students from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole competed in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last weekend.
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The University of Alaska Fairbanks 2025 Legacy Lecture will honor Tim Doran as part of the annual Legacy Lecture, presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, celebrating UAF alumni who have made significant contributions to the community.
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2025 Legacy Lecture to feature Tim Doran | UAF news and information
The University of Alaska Fairbanks 2025 Legacy Lecture will honor Tim Doran at 7 p.m. Monday, June 2, in the BP Design Theater, Room 401 of the Usibelli Building.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The University of Alaska Fairbanks 2025 Legacy Lecture will honor Tim Doran as part of the annual Legacy Lecture, presented by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, celebrating UAF alumni who have made significant contributions to the community.
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Explore the mysteries of the ionosphere at the HAARP open house on Saturday June 14 near Gakona. Tour the antenna array enjoy science talks planetarium shows and more from 9 to 3:30. Free entry RSVP for prizes. Details: www.uaf.edu/news/haa...
HAARP to hold fifth public open house Saturday, June 14
The public can learn how scientists study Earth’s ionosphere, the region between the planet’s lower atmosphere and the vacuum of space, at a Saturday, June 14, 2025, open house at the High-frequency A
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May 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Explore the mysteries of the ionosphere at the HAARP open house on Saturday June 14 near Gakona. Tour the antenna array enjoy science talks planetarium shows and more from 9 to 3:30. Free entry RSVP for prizes. Details: www.uaf.edu/news/haa...
American robins are back in northern Alaska, singing their familiar song. Their adaptability and resilience make them one of the most widespread birds in North America, thriving even in remote parts of the state.
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The American robin returns on time
American robins have returned to northern Alaska.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
American robins are back in northern Alaska, singing their familiar song. Their adaptability and resilience make them one of the most widespread birds in North America, thriving even in remote parts of the state.
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