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Fuzzy memories of a real Alaska cold snap
December 26, 2025
More than 35 years have ticked away since I turned my pickup left onto a North Pole road and noticed the clutch pedal remained on the floor. In a panic, I reached down with my mittened hand and pulled. The frozen plunger oozed back into position.
December 19, 2025
Matthew Wooller couldn't believe his ears after a California researcher rang his cellphone recently.
Recent tundra fires 'exceed anything in past 3,000 years'
December 16, 2025
Wildfires on Alaska's North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences.
Arctic Report Card celebrates 20 years
December 16, 2025
The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card, published this week, continues to serve as a record of persistent and extraordinary warming in the North. As has been the case since its inception in 2006, 果酱视频 researchers contributed essays documenting the changing Arctic.
A wrinkle beneath the icy face of Alaska
December 12, 2025
A few days ago, the forces beneath Alaska rattled people within a 500-mile radius: A magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier.
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December 12, 2025
Are you a student, staff member, faculty member or researcher involved in UAF's research community? If so, we encourage you to subscribe to the VCR Report. This weekly publication provides timely updates, important announcements, events, funding opportunities and other research-related information.
Mammoth mystery takes an unexpected turn
December 12, 2025
果酱视频 researcher Matthew Wooller and a large international team have studied the remains of more than 300 mammoths during the past three years. None has delivered a journey quite like samples UAMN3760 and UAMN3724.
Alaska climate report: November anything but normal
December 11, 2025
November brought two wildly differing snow stories to Alaska, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center at the 果酱视频 Geophysical Institute.
Research offers defense against energized space electrons
December 09, 2025
Research at the 果酱视频 Geophysical Institute is advancing the ability to quickly clean up Earth's radiation belts from a flood of energetic electrons created by an extraordinary solar blast or a nuclear explosion in space.
Apply for Toolik Field Station's 2026 early career Tundra Award
December 08, 2025
Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season. This competitive award sponsors independent and original Arctic research projects with up to 10 days at Toolik Field Station.
The people behind earthquake early warning
December 05, 2025
When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you'll almost certainly get alder-snagged.
'Alaska Voices' shares climate adaptation stories
December 03, 2025
The second season of the podcast "Alaska Voices" brings listeners into the lives of Alaskans dealing with one of the most rapidly changing environments on Earth.
The mystery of the dancing wires
December 01, 2025
In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary bears in hillside dens, little things catch our attention. Like wires that move as if by magic.
Seminar explores Alaska food independence scenario
November 24, 2025
A 果酱视频 professor will explore how Alaska might grow enough grain to supply its needs and limit reliance on imported food. The presentation by Jakir Hasan, research assistant professor of plant genetics with the UAF Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the seminar series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures
November 21, 2025
Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Troms酶, Norway. San Roman was part of a group from the 果酱视频 Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension who spent a week in September with farmers, producers and researchers from Earth's circumpolar regions.
As the dark season begins, more light
November 20, 2025
It's November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where you're leaving your bootprints on the planet.
Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica
November 20, 2025
The research vessel Sikuliaq will begin a long journey to Antarctica this week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. The ship, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by the 果酱视频 College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since 2014, has largely been used in waters around Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. Starting early next year, the vessel's duties will temporarily shift to Antarctica for the first time.
UAF expands structural testing capacity
November 18, 2025
The 果酱视频 has installed powerful new load frames in the High Bay Structural Testing Laboratory, giving researchers the ability to simulate full-scale stresses on buildings, utilities, and other northern infrastructure. Led by the Arctic Infrastructure Development Center, this upgrade strengthens Alaska's only high-bay facility capable of replicating permafrost settlement, freeze-thaw impacts and seismic forces.
UAF study: Seismic data can identify aircraft by type
November 18, 2025
Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft flying far overhead, research by 果酱视频 scientists shows.
New lidar advances atmospheric science at UAF research site
November 14, 2025
A new science tool at the 果酱视频 research center in Gakona will advance understanding of Earth's middle and upper atmosphere regions.
