Alaska Science Forum: Bowheads rise, Barrow sinks, fire scars the tundra

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2013-01-02
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Bowheads, Barrow, fire scars on tundra
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More science snippets from the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting

 

Craig George in Barrow, AKBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

From my notebook, here’s more northern news presented at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, a five-day gathering of more than 20,000 scientists held in early December 2012 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco:

 

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Girls on Ice 2013: Call for applications until February 1

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2013-01-02
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Girls on Ice 2013
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Call for applications until Feb. 1

 

Organizers announce that the Girls on Ice 2013 Expeditions are now accepting applications. The 2013 program includes two expeditions. The original North Cascades expedition on Mount Baker in Washington State will be held July 21 through Aug. 1, 2013, and an Alaska-based expedition will take place June 21 through July 2, 2013. 

 

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Science for Alaska 2013

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2012-12-14
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Science for AK 2013
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Popular series to move back to UAF, feature GI scientists only

 

SFALS 2013 posterMark your calendars for Science for Alaska 2013! Our 21st year of the popular lecture series will experience some changes. Lectures will take place in Schaible Auditorium on the UAF campus and occur on Saturdays throughout January. We're hoping the smaller space and the coffee to follow each of the lectures will lead to a more intimate exchange between our line-up of lecturers and the community. 

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Dramatic report card for the Arctic in 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Northern sea ice is at its lowest summer coverage since we’ve been able to see it from satellites. Greenland experienced its warmest summer in 170 years. Eight of 10 permafrost-monitoring sites in northern Alaska recorded their highest temperatures; the other two tied record highs.

2012 was a year of “astounding” change for much of the planet north of the Arctic Circle, said four experts at a press conference here at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, a five-day gathering of more than 20,000 scientists that ended Dec. 7, 2012.

Alaska Science Forum: Dramatic report card for the Arctic in 2012

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2012-12-10
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2012 was a year of "astounding" change
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AGU scientists share details at press conference

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

 

Northern sea ice is at its lowest extent since we’ve been able to see it from satellites. Greenland experienced its warmest summer in 170 years. Eight of 10 permafrost-monitoring sites in northern Alaska recorded their highest temperatures; the other two tied record highs.

 

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Join us for the 2013 Science For Alaska Lecture Series in January

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2012-12-06
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Save the Dates!
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Science For Alaska Lecture Series this January

 

2013 SFALS Line-up

 

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Alaska Science Forum: Yakutat time, correcting some errors, big meeting in San Francisco

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2012-11-29
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AGU Fall Meeting approaches
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GI science writer to cover event for 14th consecutive year

 

Hans Nielsen at AGU press conference in 2011.By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

 

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Alaska Science Forum: Goodbye to a giant of glacier research

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2012-11-27
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Austin Post leaves behind a legacy
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Pioneer defined fieldwork done in Alaska; photographed thousands of glaciers

 

Austin Post in his home studyBy nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)

High-school dropout Austin Post’s career began in the 1950s, when colleagues made up the title “Senior Meteorologist” to include him in a funding proposal.

 

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Goodbye to a giant of glacier research

Austin Post in an orange jacket.

Photo by Ron Karpilo, U.S.G.S.

Doubling our daylight savings

Carl Benson, crosser of Greenland, longtime studier of Mount Wrangell, world expert on ice fog and devotee to the metric system.

Photo by Christine Simko, Design Services, Geophysical Institute.

Last week, Carl Benson, 85, accepted a lifetime achievement award from the place he has worked since Dwight Eisenhower was president. As the snow and ice scientist and professor emeritus at University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute rose to applause from his friends and coworkers, memories rushed back to me.
   

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