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 DownloadAlaska Science Forum: Permafrost scientist snowmachining from Alaska to Atlantic
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Kenji Yoshikawa will soon sleep on brilliant, blue-white landscape that has never felt the imprint of his boots. Beginning on spring equinox, the permafrost scientist and a partner will attempt to drive snowmachines from Prudhoe Bay to Canada’s Baffin Island.
Alaska Science Forum: After a lifetime of study, aurora still a mystery
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Sometimes, after idling in the sky for hours as a greenish glow, the aurora catches fire, erupting toward the magnetic north pole in magnificent chaos that can last for three hours. “Substorms,” as space physicists call them, can happen two or three times each night.
The 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
GI scientists aid teacher workshop focused on cryosphere
Fairbanks, Alaska—Despite the stark contrasts in terrain that surround middle schools throughout the state, the schools have one thing in common – access to an active, exciting cryosphere. The world of ice and snow is the arena in which 20 middle school teachers from across the state will explore in a three-day professional development workshop involving expertise from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Feb. 28 to March 2, 2013.
Southwest Alaska challenging for travel, shelter
Jack Hébert, president and founder of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, walks into a headwind toward a café in Bethel where he will wait out a flight to a neighboring village.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
BETHEL — Outside the Fly By Café, the ravens are flying backwards. At least they appear to be, as a powerful wind suspends them in time and space.
