Alaska Science Forum: An aurora detector in Petersburg
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
On cold winter nights long ago, Harvey Gilliland of Petersburg sometimes woke to the buzz of an alarm mounted on the wall of his kitchen. He kicked off the blanket, got dressed, pulled on his rubber boots, and strolled three city blocks to the building in which he worked.
Redstone is newest antenna at Poker Flat Research Range
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
GI hoodie sale
GI hoodies are available for puchase until Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Sizes Youth through 4XL are available for $35 each. There are three colors to choose from - pink, blue and gray.
Halos and rainbows: Public demonstration at UAF
Halos and rainbows: public demonstration at UAF
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CONTACT: Diana Campbell, GI/UAF public relations, 907-474-5229, dlcampbell [at] alaska [dot] edu
Fairbanks, Alaska—Ever wonder how light and color reflect in a rainbow or a sundog?
PDF DownloadAlaska Science Forum: Northwest passage traverses, winter and summer
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Alaska Science Forum: Taking to the sky to better sniff the air
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Unmanned aircraft used in South Africa game reserve
In April 2013, personnel from the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration at the UAF Geophysical Institute visited the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa.
2013 CIG-QUEST-IRIS Seismic Imaging of Structure and Source conference takes place in Fairbanks
More than 80 participants have converged at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for a conference dedicated to seismic imaging. Participants will take in a number of presentations, conduct a poster session, tour the Alaska Earthquake Information Center and create simulations in the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center and more as part of the three-day conference.
2013 Rockets & Gold: Poker Flat Research Range Open House
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host “Rockets and Gold,” an open house at the Poker Flat Research Range Thursday, July 18 from 4 to 8 p.m. Admission is free and is open to all ages.
Tiny, ancient life discovered in Southeast
The wingless insect Caurinus tlagu discovered on Prince of Wales Island, as seen magnified by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ scanning electron microscope. Alaska researchers named the insect with the Tlingit word for “ancient.”
Image by Jill Stockbridge.
In a world crawling with insects, those billions of tiny bodies fall into just 30 major descriptive groups, known as orders. That’s why Derek Sikes, curator of insects at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, was disappointed with a graduate student when she failed to identify a creature that was wandering her plots on Prince of Wales Island.
“Every entomologist should be able to ID every insect to its order just by looking at it,” Sikes said.
