Science and service: GI's Freymueller and Cahill named 2013 Usibelli winners
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced recipients of the 2013 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching, Research and Public Service Awards.
UNITE US showcased at 2013 National Science Teacher Association Conference
Teachers and staff participating in UNITE US, a U.S. Department of Education funded program developed by staff at the Geophysical Institute, attended the 2013 National Science Teachers Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas last week.
Alaska Science Forum: The year without a summer
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
An April snowstorm whirling outside my window today seems to be announcing the postponement of spring. As I sit here watching the show, it makes me think back to the shortest summer ever.
Mystery of the dead caribou
Lightning strikes the hills northwest of the Yukon River.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
Forty years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over a tundra plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for a closer look. The animals, dozens of them, were dead.
The pilot reported what he saw to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. The caribou, 48 adults and five calves, were lying in a group. The way their carcasses rested showed no signs that the animals had been running from a predator.
Alaska Science Forum: The mystery of the dead caribou
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Forty years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over a tundra plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for a closer look. Theanimals, dozens of them, were dead.
Alaska Weather Symposium: Venue for current research on state’s unique atmospheric conditions
Alaska Weather Symposium: A venue for current research on state’s unique atmospheric conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2013
CONTACT: Amy Hartley, GI information officer, 907-474-5823, amy [dot] hartley [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu
PDF DownloadThe Climate of Alaska 2012
The Climate of Alaska for 2012
By Gerd Wendler, Blake Moore and Kevin Galloway of the Alaska Climate Research Center at the Geophysical Institute, UAF
Alaska Science Forum: Alaska bucks the global temperature trend
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
This just in: 2012 was the coldest year of the new century in Fairbanks, and the second coldest here in the last 40 years.
