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GI program at Native American education forum

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Release Date: 
2013-08-20
Teaser Title: 
UNITE US at Native American Ed. forum
Teaser Text: 
Facilitators distribute program info.

 

Department
Department: 
Outreach Office
Other

Student's sprite images go viral

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Release Date: 
2013-08-19
Teaser Title: 
Student's sprite images go viral
Teaser Text: 
Next generation of sprite researchers emerge from GI

 

Sprites captured over Nebraska by J. AhrnsRecent sprite images captured by Jason Ahrns, a graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, have gone viral. The doctoral candidate has taken part in a sprite imaging campaign over the Midwest from late July through August 13. However, due to Ahrn's captivating blog and Flickr site, media requests keep rolling in. 

 

Department
Department: 
Outreach Office
Space Physics
Other

GI shares resources at local energy fair

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Release Date: 
2013-08-19
Teaser Title: 
GI shares resources at energy fair
Teaser Text: 
Chena Hot Springs Resort hosts lectures, booths, tours

 

Those interested in renewable energy, the Alaska environment and innovation attended the 8th Annual Renewable Energy Fair at Chena Hot Springs Resort Sunday, August 18 where both the Geophysical Institute and the Alaska Patent & Trademark Resource Center were on scene. Kaz Alvarez, Amy Hartley and Judie Triplehorn staffed two stations at the fair that drew hundreds of attendees from across the state and country. 

 

Department
Department: 
Mather Library
Outreach Office
Other

Alaska Science Forum: Life recycled on a far-off gravel bar

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Release Date: 
2013-08-15
Teaser Title: 
Life recycled
Teaser Text: 
A myriad of creatures take part in caribou's decomposition

 

caribou remains, photo by N. RozellBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell) 

 

At the approach of a canoe, the wolverine tears into the woods, its claws spitting mud. Seconds later, ravens explode from what resembles two branches reaching from a driftwood log.

 

Department
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Outreach Office
Other

Life recycled on a far-off gravel bar

A caribou killed by wolves on a gravel bar of the Fortymile River in the Yukon Territory, just east of the Alaska border.

Photo by Ned Rozell.

At the approach of a canoe, the wolverine tears into the woods, its claws spitting mud. Seconds later, ravens explode from what resembles two branches reaching from a driftwood log.

After the animals flee the Fortymile River gravel bar, the driftwood turns into chewed velvet antlers the size of a folding chair. A fleshy backbone ropes from a skull, extending to rib fragments and a blade of hipbone, its sockets empty. A few tufts of hide lay amid rocks, but the rest of the caribou — so fresh it barely smells — has vanished.

Light and Color in Nature workshop comes to the GI

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Release Date: 
2013-08-12
Teaser Title: 
Light and Color in Nature
Teaser Text: 
The curiosity of a strange group of scientists

LaCIN welcome banner with sun dogs

 

In early August 2013 a strange group of scientists who are hooked on light refraction met in Fairbanks to discuss their techniques and findings of optical phenomena found in nature. The Light and Color in Nature workshop lasted for four days and brought scientists from around the world to discuss halos, rainbows, sundogs and even light refracted by a spider's web. 

 

Department
Department: 
Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
Other

Call for artwork submissions: "Earth, Wind and Fire" is next GeoData Center art show theme

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Release Date: 
2013-08-09
Teaser Title: 
Call for artwork submissions
Teaser Text: 
"Earth, Wind & Fire" is next GeoData Center art show theme

Artwork submissions are sought for "Earth, Wind and Fire," a First Friday art show event hosted by the Geophysical Institute GeoData Center. The deadline for submissions of photographs, paintings, watercolors, furniture, carvings, sculptures, stained glass or woodwork is September 6, 2013.

 

Anyone is welcome to submit items for consideration for the art show. Selected art will be featured during a First Friday event on October 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. and displayed through the month of October 2013 in the GeoData Center.

 

Department
Department: 
Alaska Satellite Facility
Outreach Office
Other

July 2013 weather summary for Fairbanks

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Release Date: 
2013-08-09
Teaser Title: 
Fairbanks sees hotter than normal July
Teaser Text: 
Steamy 88 degrees is month's highest temp.

 

Department
Department: 
Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
Other

Alaska Science Forum: Rain graces the Alaska landscape

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Release Date: 
2013-08-09
Teaser Title: 
Rain is essential
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However, most Alaskans experience very little of it

 

By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)Rain drops on an aspen by N. Rozell

 

In warm Alaska summers like this, in which Fairbanks has set a record for most 80-degree Fahrenheit days and Anchorage has exceeded 70 with similar frequency, rainfall has been a phenomenon many people have not missed.

 

Department
Department: 
Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
Other

Pavlof Volcano stills

Publishing Information
Release Date: 
2013-08-09
Teaser Title: 
Pavlof Volcano stills
Teaser Text: 
AVO updates Volcano Alert Level

 

Pavlof Volcano, June 2013The Alaska Volcano Observatory issued a Volcanic Activity Notice yesterday, indicating the Current Volcano Alert Level has changed to NORMAL for Pavlof Volcano:

 

Department
Department: 
Outreach Office
Seismology
Volcanology
Other

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