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Check out new resources in Keith B. Mather Library

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Release Date: 
2012-11-08
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New books available
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Check out new resources in Keith B. Mather Library

 

Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World book coverThe Keith B. Mather Library has acquired more than 20 new books in its collection. Subjects range from creating web pages to climate ethics and all books are available for check out. The Mather Library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Stop in and see the various resources available to you through the library.

 

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Mather Library
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Alaska Science Forum: Doubling our daylight savings

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Release Date: 
2012-11-08
Teaser Title: 
Doubling our daylight savings
Teaser Text: 
Reflections on Carl Benson's GI research

 

Professor Emeritus Carl Benson, GI PhotoBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

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Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
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Alaska Weather Summary for September 2012

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Release Date: 
2012-11-07
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Alaska temps. were colder in September
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Fairbanks dipped to 26 degrees Fahrenheit on Sept. 13th, 30th

 

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Atmospheric Science
Outreach Office
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Anniversary of 2002 Denali Fault earthquake

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Release Date: 
2012-11-05
Teaser Title: 
'02 Denali Fault quake
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A decade later, temblor still ranks as eighth largest in U.S.

 

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Outreach Office
Seismology
Tectonics and Sedimentation
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Professor Emeritus Carl Benson honored

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Release Date: 
2012-11-05
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Professor Emeritus Carl Benson honored
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Scientist earns 2012 Roger Smith Lifetime Achievement Award

 

On November 2, 2012, Professor Emeritus Carl Benson was the first recipient of the new Roger Smith Lifetime Achievement Award. Benson’s sustained commitment to the Geophysical Institute and research success are a model worth emulation. Benson’s award was presented by longtime friend and colleague Professor Emeritus Glenn Shaw at the Annual Banquet held at the Westmark Gold Room.

 

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Atmospheric Science
Directors Office
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Snow Ice Permafrost
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Alaska Science Forum: Snow researcher finds his Arctic

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Release Date: 
2012-11-02
Teaser Title: 
"Finding the Arctic" reviewed
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"[Matthew] Sturm is one of those people who would have been quite happy tromping through the Arctic a few hundred years ago"

 

Matthew Sturm photoBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

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Outreach Office
Snow Ice Permafrost
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GI Annual Awards Banquet: November 2, 2012

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2012-10-25
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GI Annual Awards Banquet
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Join us Nov. 2 to celebrate our accomplishments

GI Annual Awards Banquet 2012A number of awards will be presented to Geophysical Institute faculty, staff and students on November 2, 2012, including the new Roger Smith Award. In addition to the award presentations, GI Director Bob McCoy will provide a state of the Geophysical Institute address and highlights from across the GI will be shared at the event. Heavy hors' d'oeuvres, a no-host bar and door prizes are all part of the fun.

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Directors Office
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Alaska Science Forum: Lake stars and windshield cracks now forming over Alaska

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Release Date: 
2012-10-25
Teaser Title: 
Lake stars, windshield cracks forming
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Alaska Science Forum zeroes in on the phenomena

 

lake star in Fairbanks, AKBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

As Alaska’s billion lakes become colder and harder, some of them will sport mysterious, spidery cracks extending from small holes in the ice. This phenomenon inspired a geophysicist to figure out what he calls “lake stars.”

 

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Atmospheric Science
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Snow Ice Permafrost
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A far-off place, all for the birds

Hall Island in the Bering Sea.

Photo by Ned Rozell.

HALL ISLAND — On this windy, misty August day, there are perhaps one million birds clinging to the cliffs that buttress this Bering Sea island. These seabirds, crazy-eyed and with bodies both sleek and clumsy, need solid ground for just a few months to hold their eggs. When their summer mission is complete, the birds scatter to the vastness of the sea.

MapTEACH updates look

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Release Date: 
2012-10-22
Teaser Title: 
MapTEACH gets whole new look
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Access educational site with ease

MapTEACH screen shotMapTeach has given its web presence a whole new look. Check out the easy-to-use functionality of the site here.

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Education Group
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Remote Sensing
Volcanology
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