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The community of Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. Photo by Chris Maio.

UAF group receives philanthropic grant to aid Chignik region communities

Geophysical Institute
May 22, 2023
A University of Alaska Fairbanks coastal organization has received a $590,000 philanthropic grant to map rapidly changing watersheds of the...
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Research assistant professor Louise Farquharson works at an ancient raised marine shoreline on the north shore of Teshekpuk Lake near Alaska’s Arctic Ocean coast in 2013. The ancient shoreline is believed to have formed due to an ice shelf pressing down on the Beaufort Sea coast. Photo by Ben Jones.

UAF scientists to hunt for clues about Arctic Ocean glaciation

Geophysical Institute
May 19, 2023
Evidence indicates a thick ice sheet, not annual sea ice and icebergs, covered the Arctic Ocean at some point during the last 140,000 years. Now...
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The map shows infrasound stations and earthquakes considered in this study. Not all stations operated contemporaneously, but all were active for some period between 2018 and October 2022. Image from research paper.

Scientists find novel way to aid earthquake magnitude determination

Geophysical Institute
May 18, 2023
Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed...
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Ph.D. student Sebin John presents his research on observing the impact of ocean storms and sea ice on seismic background noise across Alaska. Photo by Mike West

UAF researchers show work at Seismological Society of America meeting

Geophysical Institute
April 25, 2023
Fifteen people from the Geophysical Institute attended the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America annual meeting in person in San...
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The venue of the European Geosciences Union annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, is shown prior to the start of this week’s meeting. Photo courtesy EGU.

Geophysical Institute research on display at European science meeting

Geophysical Institute
April 25, 2023
Research by several University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientists is being presented this week at the annual meeting of the...
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This still photo from the Poker Flat Research Range's all-sky camera on the night of Saturday, April 15-16 shows a spiral in the sky resulting from the the SpaceX rocket's gas exhaust. Photo courtesy Don Hampton

Giant spiral appears in Alaska sky

Geophysical Institute
April 18, 2023
Aurora watchers in Alaska were startled early Saturday morning when a huge spiral appeared in the sky. People quickly posted photos on social...
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This scanned image of a slice of the Pacific Ocean nodule reveals the nodule’s growth rings. Photo courtesy of Gunther Kletetschka

Paleomagnetism aids research on the Northern Hemisphere Glaciation

Geophysical Institute
April 14, 2023
A small piece of Pacific Ocean floor, brought up 10 years ago by a Chinese research vessel from a depth of 16,500 feet and 2,700 miles from the...
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The ore body containing graphite is shown in this 2021 photo of Graphite Creek. At far left is a Graphite One drill rig. Photo by George Case, U.S. Geological Survey.

Research reveals geologic history of critical Alaska graphite deposit

Geophysical Institute
April 13, 2023
A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher is among the scientists who have revealed the metamorphic history of a high-grade graphite deposit on...
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ACUASI pilot Matt Westhoff guides the SeaHunter aircraft to the runway at Nenana Municipal Airport on May 5, 2022, for another test flight. Photo by Rod Boyce

New hangar will make Nenana a base for drone cargo testing

Geophysical Institute
April 12, 2023
Nenana’s airport will be the site of a new 4,800-square-foot hangar for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration. The hangar...
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