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Fifty years of far-north biology

For 50 years, scientists at UAF’s Institute of Arctic Biology have been studying creatures great and small, including the wood frog.

Photo by Ned Rozell.

While waiting for the talking to begin in darkened auditoriums, I sometimes scan the room, counting heads. “I’ve interviewed him, and her, and him. And her.”

At last week’s dedication of the Institute of Arctic Biology’s lovely new building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, I saw more than a dozen people who have appeared in this space since fall 1994 (when I took over this column from Carla Helfferich).

August 2013 in Fairbanks was warmer than normal

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Release Date: 
2013-09-10
Teaser Title: 
Warm August for Fairbanks
Teaser Text: 
85 degrees Fahrenheit was reached on 1st, 7th

 

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Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
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Alaska Science Forum: A supertanker voyage through the Northwest Passage

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2013-09-05
Teaser Title: 
Voyage through Northwest Passage
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Supertanker made the trek in '69

 

SS Manhattan, photo by M. HelfferichBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozel)l

 

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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Aleutians

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2013-09-04
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Magnitude 7 quake in Aleutians
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Quake was whopper, but not unusual for region

location of Aug. 30, 2013 Aleutians earthquake, AEICThe magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck just 58 miles east/southeast of Adak, Alaska on Aug. 30, 2013 was a whopper, but not unusual for the region. The earthquake occurred at 8:25 a.m. that morning at the interface of the Pacific and North American plates, a region called the Aleutian Arc.

 The Aleutian Arc is home to more than 20 earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or larger within the last century.

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Outreach Office
Seismology
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Alaska Science Forum: Fifty years of far-north biology

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Release Date: 
2013-09-03
Teaser Title: 
50 years of far-north biology
Teaser Text: 
Murie Building opens on UAF's West Ridge

 

Alaska frog by N. RozellBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

While waiting for the talking to begin in darkened auditoriums, I sometimes scan the room, counting heads. “I’ve interviewed him, and her, and him. And her.”

 

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Outreach Office
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Finding her way: Mary Albanese to discuss mapping Alaska in the 1970s

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2013-08-27
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Finding her way in AK
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Albanese to share experiences mapping the state in 1970s

Mary Albanese public talk poster, 2013In 1977 at the age of 23, Mary Albanese came to Alaska to be a teacher When she didn't get a job, she became a geologist, earning a masters degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

 

She spent ten years in the wilds mapping the state at a time when much of Alaska was still unmapped. Her motto served her well: "If at first you don't succeed, try something that's harder."

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Alaska Science Forum: A continent of ice on the wane

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2013-08-22
Teaser Title: 
Alaska Science Forum
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Sea ice shrinkage means change for many

 

large sea ice platform, photo by Ned RozellBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

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Department: 
Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
Other

Sea ice decline spurs the greening of the Arctic

Release Date: 2013-08-21

 

sea iceSea ice decline and warming trends are changing the vegetation in nearby arctic coastal areas, according to two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.

Uma Bhatt, an associate professor with UAF’s Geophysical Institute, and Skip Walker, a professor at UAF’s Institute of Arctic Biology, contributed to a recent review of research on the response of plants, marine life and animals to declining sea ice in the Arctic.

New ASF antenna goes up on West Ridge

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Release Date: 
2013-08-21
Teaser Title: 
AS3 goes up on West Ridge
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Dish to be operational by December 2013

 

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Alaska Satellite Facility
Outreach Office
Other

"Earth, Wind & Fire": September 6 is submission deadline for First Friday artwork

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2013-08-21
Teaser Title: 
"Earth, Wind & Fire"
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Sept. 6 is submission deadline for First Friday artwork

Stuart Creek 2 fire, 2013, courtesy Alaska Fire ServiceThe Geophysical Institute's GeoData Center is gearing up for its October First Friday art show. The show's title is "Earth, Wind & Fire" and coordinators are looking for work that fits this theme to showcase at the event.

 

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Alaska Satellite Facility
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