Alaska Science Forum: Wildfire hits close to home for scientist

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2013-10-03
Teaser Title: 
Climate change spurs wildfires in Alaska
Teaser Text: 
Scientist experiences this reality first-hand

 

2013 Stuart Creek fire, Scott RuppBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

While pounding nails on a roof extension for his shed this summer, Scott Rupp heard a roar that almost scared him off the roof. Three planes with bellies full of fire retardant swooped low, then banked over the mountain behind his home.

 

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ASF awarded huge NASA contract

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2013-09-30
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ASF awarded hefty NASA contract
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Contract calls for development, operation of SAR Distributed Active Archive Center

 

11-meter antenna, AS3, by Todd Paris, UAF.NASA announced on Friday, September 27 that it selected the University of Alaska Fairbanks to develop and operate the Synthetic Aperture Radar Distributed Active Archive Center for NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System. The DAAC is managed by the Alaska Satellite Facility at the Geophysical Institute at UAF.

 

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Alaska Science Forum: 90-mile aqueduct still etched in Interior hills

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2013-09-27
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Interior Alaska's 90-mile aqueduct
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Davidson Ditch helped gold miners

 

Davidson Ditch by Craig McCaaBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

Like a bright yellow contour line painted above the Steese Highway, the Davidson Ditch now reveals itself by the flagging autumn birches and poplars that clog its path.

 

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Alaska Science Forum: Winds and ice stop Northwest Passage journey

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2013-09-19
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Northwest Passage journey thwarted
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Winds, ice prove too much

Photo by Ned RozellBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

Beavers and jet skis surprised four adventurers on their recent attempt to row through the Northwest Passage. Vancouver, British Columbia residents Kevin Vallely, Paul Gleeson, Frank Wolf and Denis Barnett are now back home after the team stopped short of its goal of gliding through the northern waterway on muscle power.

 

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Earth, Wind & Fire: First Friday Art Show October 4

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2013-09-18
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Earth, Wind & Fire
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First Friday event slated for October 4

 

Earth, Wind & Fire flyer for October 4, 2013Come enjoy artwork created by University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty, staff, students and community members centered around the theme, Earth, Wind & Fire. 

 

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Warming ocean thawing Antarctic glacier, researchers say

Release Date: 2013-09-18

bore hole on Pine island Glacier, photo by M. Truffer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 18, 2013

CONTACT: Diana Campbell, 907-474-5229, dlcampbell [at] alaska [dot] edu

Alaska Science Forum: Billions of bodies on the move

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2013-09-13
Teaser Title: 
Birds head South from Alaska
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Billions of bodies on the move, some banded

 

Kinglet in Fairbanks, AK by N. RozellBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

CREAMER’S FIELD, FAIRBANKS — “As this bird takes off, think about how they have to fly thousands and thousands of miles,” Tricia Blake said to 21 first-graders sitting on wooden benches surrounded by birch and balsam poplar trees.

 

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August 2013 in Fairbanks was warmer than normal

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2013-09-10
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Warm August for Fairbanks
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85 degrees Fahrenheit was reached on 1st, 7th

 

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Atmospheric Science
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Alaska Science Forum: A supertanker voyage through the Northwest Passage

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2013-09-05
Teaser Title: 
Voyage through Northwest Passage
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Supertanker made the trek in '69

 

SS Manhattan, photo by M. HelfferichBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozel)l

 

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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Aleutians

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2013-09-04
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Magnitude 7 quake in Aleutians
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Quake was whopper, but not unusual for region

location of Aug. 30, 2013 Aleutians earthquake, AEICThe magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck just 58 miles east/southeast of Adak, Alaska on Aug. 30, 2013 was a whopper, but not unusual for the region. The earthquake occurred at 8:25 a.m. that morning at the interface of the Pacific and North American plates, a region called the Aleutian Arc.

 The Aleutian Arc is home to more than 20 earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or larger within the last century.

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