Second installment of Sydney Chapman Lecture Series to be held Thursday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m. in the Elvey Auditorium
David Barber, of the Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba will present:
Sea Ice and climate research international collaborative programs at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba, Canada.
3:30-5:00 PM, Thursday 1 March, Elvey Auditorium
Does a whale's nose know the way to food?
Biologist Julie Hagelin holds a murre while surrounded by children in the village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. Photo by Aaron Strong.
Photo by Aaron Strong.
Julie Hagelin remembers the day she hugged a rare New Zealand kakapo parrot to her chest. The soft, green bird emitted the scent of lavender, like dust and honey; it lingered upon Hagelin’s t-shirt for hours. That powerful essence inspired her question to the revered biologist for whom she was working. Was the bird’s pleasant odor attractive to other birds?
Alaska Science Forum: Does a whale's nose know the way to food?
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
The Keith B. Mather Library announces recent additions to collection
The following titles have recently been added to the Keith B. Mather Library collection, including Geophysical Institute emeritus professor Glenn Shaw’s memoir Fingerprints on the Moon: My Life in Physics. The new books are available for borrowing. Suggestions for future additions are always welcome, email your recommendation to gilibrary [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu or stop by and submit in person.
Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments / edited by M.J. Siegert, M.C. Kennicutt II, R.A. Bindschadler
Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range
Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 20, 2012
PDF DownloadWhen NASA visited Venetie
Men in the village of Venetie listen to NASA officials describe a program that will reward them for coordinates of rocket parts that have landed on their tribal lands over the years.
Photo by Ned Rozell.
VENETIE — The cozy log structure smells of coffee, gasoline, and spruce logs burning in a stove made from a 55-gallon drum. Inside the building that serves as the Village Council headquarters for Venetie, Josh Bundick explains a new policy that rewards villagers who find spent rocket parts launched from north of Fairbanks.
Sprite pioneer elected AGU Fellow for 2012
Sprite pioneer elected AGU Fellow for 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 16, 2012
CONTACT: Amy Hartley, GI information officer, 907-474-5823, amy [dot] hartley [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu
Fairbanks, Alaska— University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus Davis “Dave” Sentman has been elected to the 2012 class of fellows for the American Geophysical Union.
Alaska Science Forum: When NASA visited Venetie
Bynrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu ( Ned Rozell)
VENETIE — The cozy log structure smells of coffee, gasoline, and spruce logs burning in a stove made from a 55-gallon drum. Inside the building that serves as the Village Council headquarters for Venetie, Josh Bundick explains a new policy that rewards villagers who find spent rocket parts launched from north of Fairbanks.
