"North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska's Changing Social-Ecological Systems"
Orders can be placed now for “North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska’s Changing Social-Ecological Systems,” a 736-page book edited by Associate Professor of Political Science Amy Lauren Lovecraft and Geophysical Institute Professor Hajo Eicken and available through the University of Alaska Press.
Prakash featured in American Federation of Teachers publication
University of Alaska Fairbanks' Anupma Prakash, Remote Sensing Group leader at the Geophysical Institute and co-chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics, is on the cover of this month’s issue of On Campus, published by the American Federation of Teachers. The cover article, about pay and promotion inequities for women in academia, discusses a recent report by AFT titled “Promoting gender diversity in the faculty: What higher education unions can do.”
Read or download the article here.
The experiment that never ends
A plastic disc from an experiment 30 years ago, found by Paul Boots on Alaska’s North Slope in late July 2011.
Photo by Paul Boots.
Some experiments never end. Especially ones involving plastic objects released in the far north.
In late July 2011, Paul Boots, a supervisor at an
oilfield on Alaska’s North Slope, found a small, yellow plastic disc on a
creekbed. Scientists 30 years ago tossed the disc into the sea as part
of a study on arctic oil spills.
Boots, who works at the large gravel pad that hosts the
Badami oil field, was with his coworkers on an annual cleanup day along
a nameless creek just west of the gravel pad.
Inflating volcanoes of South America: Scientists learn what fuels a super eruption
High in the Andes Mountains, a few volcanoes have been inflating for decades despite not having erupted in hundreds of thousands of years. Geophysical Institute scientists lead a South American-based project to study the world’s largest body of magma and its implications in a land of super eruptions.
Improving upon the past: Venus’ topography and the future of planetary research
Long before Robert Herrick was a research associate professor at the Geophysical Institute, he was a doctoral candidate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas working on the Magellan mission. Launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1989, the imaging radar orbited Venus until 1994. Herrick’s current research has brought him full circle. Along with colleagues, Herrick has reprocessed the data collected by Magellan. The results have been clarifying.
Satellite imagery: Where science and art connect
Satellite imagery is a powerful tool for scientists that monitor the dynamic features upon Earth’s surface. With a vantage point from space, large swaths of landscape can be viewed in a single snapshot. Depending on the sensors used to capture the image, these scientific tools may also serve as beautiful works of art.
NASA workshop: Aug. 25
Come meet representatives from Johnson Space Center, Jet Propulsion Lab, and Ames Research Center. Explore possible collaborations in research and education.
Make yourself more competitive in proposing to Alaska Space Grant and Alaska NASA EPSCoR Research Initiation Solicitations.
This is the ideal venue to make connections and sell your research ideas. Come find out how your discipline connects, NASA’s interests are very broad.
Where: Globe Room, Elvey Building
