Alaska Science Forum: Alaska bucks the global temperature trend
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
This just in: 2012 was the coldest year of the new century in Fairbanks, and the second coldest here in the last 40 years.
Successful launch from Poker Flat Research Range
but then, a camera stationed downrange at Kaktovik, Alaska showed some promising aurora. From there, everything lined up to create the perfect conditions for the VISIONS sounding rocket to launch. At 11:21 p.m.
PDF DownloadAlaska Science Forum: Southeast residents show savvy after large earthquake
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell
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Around midnight on January 4, Kathleen Brandt felt an earthquake at her home in Sitka. As framed pictures trembled and then fell from the walls, she started counting.
Fairbanks 2012 Review: A look back
The mean temperature for Fairbanks in 2012 was 24.1 degrees Fahrenheit, 3.5 degrees below the long-term average of 27.6 degrees. This makes 2012 the coldest year of the new century and continues the cooling trend observed over the last decade.
Alaska Science Forum: AEIC seismologists visits Southeast in wake of large earthquakes
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
April 2013 First Friday: "Views of the Boreal Forest"
The Geophysical Institute GeoData Center is hosting a first Friday event in April 2013. The title of the show is "Views of the Boreal Forest." Holdings from the GeoData Center will be on display, but there's room to include other artwork dedicated to the theme of boreal forests. Would you like to participate?
Show your GI pride: Order a Geophysical Institute hoodie
Geophysical Institute hoodies are on sale for a limited time. Youth and adult-sized hooded sweatshirts are available in royal blue with the GI logo. Place your order online and then pay in person in the GI Directors Office in Elvey 601. Orders should be in by Friday, February 8.
Click here to visit CustomInk, the online ordering system.
Bison Bob a big discovery on the North Slope
Dan Mann holds the skull of a steppe bison that died on Alaska’s North Slope more than 40,000 years ago. Mann and Pam Groves found the nearly complete skeleton of the bison while floating down a northern river last summer.
Photo by Pam Groves.
As she scraped cold dirt from the remains of an extinct bison, Pam Groves wrinkled her nose at a rotten-egg smell wafting from gristle that still clung to the animal’s bones. She lifted her head to scan the horizon, wary of bears that might be attracted to the flesh of a creature that gasped its last breath 40,000 years ago.
