Dr. Wolfgang-Martin Boerner to speak Thursday, November 10
GI Seminar: Full-Polarimetric SAR and its applications in Agriculture, Forestry and the Detection of Natural Hazards.
Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang-Martin Boerner
Date: Thursday, November 10
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Elvey Auditorium
Dr. Boerner is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Gene Wescott is featured artist at Well Street Art Gallery
Geophysical Institute Professor Emeritus Gene Wescott will be a featured artist at the Well Street Art Gallery starting November 4. The scientist's wood block prints will be on display starting with November's First Friday event.
Wescott is affiliated with the Space Physics research group at the GI.
For more information, visit http://www.wellstreetart.com/.
Be prepared for AGU: Order your business cards from Design Services now
Getting low on business cards? Don’t be caught short-handed at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting, order them today.
Print and complete the order form found here and then turn it in to the GI Director’s Office for approval. Most orders take a week to ten days to fill.
Alaska creatures without us
Songbirds like this ruby-crowned kinglet would probably do better if people flew away.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
In Alan Weisman’s book, The World Without Us, the author ponders “a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.”
In last week’s column, a few experts discussed the fate of Alaska structures if Alaskans were to disappear. This week, people who study Alaska’s wildlife donate some thought to the subject.
Alaska creatures without us
By Ned Rozell
In Alan Weisman’s book, The World Without Us, the author ponders “a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.”
In last week’s column, a few experts discussed the fate of Alaska structures if Alaskans were to disappear. This week, people who study Alaska’s wildlife donate some thought to the subject.
Alaska buildings without us
A concrete foundation is all that remains of Shaktoolik’s old school, abandoned after the village moved to a new site about 70 years ago.
Photo by Aaron Cooke
In Alan Weisman’s book, “The World Without Us,” the author ponders “a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.”
Alaska buildings without us
By Ned Rozell
In Alan Weisman’s book, “The World Without Us,” the author ponders “a world from which we all suddenly vanished. Tomorrow.”
Buzzing with activity while the sun shines
Derek Sikes, curator of insects at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, on a summer 2011 trip to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.
Photo by Matt Bowser.
As Alaska cools and hardens, many scientists are reacquainting themselves with their offices.
Such is the case for Derek Sikes, the curator of insects at the University of
Alaska Museum of the North. This summer, he traveled across Alaska, from Sagwon
Bluffs to Sitka and many places between, including a trip to the Aleutians for
good lateral coverage.
Buzzing with activity while the sun shines
By Ned Rozell
As Alaska cools and hardens, many scientists are reacquainting themselves with their offices. Such is the case for Derek Sikes, the curator of insects at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. This summer, he traveled across Alaska, from Sagwon Bluffs to Sitka and many places between, including a trip to the Aleutians for good lateral coverage.
The freezing of Alaska
Rime frost on a twig off Alaska’s Elliot Highway in October.
Photo by Ned Rozell
Beneath a sky of stars and hazy aurora, the heat of an
October day shimmers upward. The next morning, leaves, moss and tundra plants
are woven into a carpet of white frost; a skin of ice creeps over the surface
of lakes. Alaska is freezing once again, responding to the planet’s nod away
from the sun and signaling one of the biggest changes of the year.
