Alaska Science Forum: Standing in the middle of the ice age
by nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
FOX, ALASKA — Bison have not thundered through this neighborhood for thousands of years. But there’s one now, Matthew Sturm said, as he pointed to a horn cemented in a cold, dark wall 30 feet beneath the boreal forest.
Auroral Alert issued for July 14-16
Geophysical Institute Aurora Forecaster Chuck Deehr has issued an Auroral Alert. The alert was spurred by a significant event located on the Sun facing Earth that took place on July 12. The effects of the event will begin to reach Earth early on July 14 GMT.
UAF researchers poised to gain international partnerships
When a small team of glaciologists and mathematicians at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute developed the Parallel Ice Sheet Model in 2003, they had no idea that the software program would rise to international prominence.
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Alaska Science Forum: Mug shot of a wolf, magpie names, goodbye Rat Island
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Sometimes you get lucky.
Ken Tape feels that way, after a time-lapse camera he set up in northern Alaska captured a full-frame portrait of a wolf. He shared the image with me, and, now, with you.
