Alaska Science Forum: Bowheads rise, Barrow sinks, fire scars the tundra
By 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:
Girls on Ice 2013: Call for applications until February 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.
Science for Alaska 2013
Mark 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.
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
By 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.
Alaska Science Forum: Yakutat time, correcting some errors, big meeting in San Francisco
By nrozell [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu (Ned Rozell)
Alaska Science Forum: Goodbye to a giant of glacier research
By 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.
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.
