Press Releases
Solar event to spur aurora until Tuesday 
GI reps. present on education opportunities, projects
Article analyzes women's role in academia
Located at the top of the globe, beneath the Arctic Ocean, the Amerasia Basin is poorly understood. This large depression in the ocean floor was created during the Mesozoic Era, the age of the dinosaurs, but how the tectonic plates shifted to open up and create the basin remains a puzzle. Professor Bernard Coakley and a 12-person crew currently aboard the research vessel Marcus G. Langseth hope to find the fossil plate boundaries associated with the basin and recreate the birth of this mysterious feature.
GI scientists examine debris flows near Dalton Highway.
Sept. 30 is deadline for application.
Follow Professor Bernard Coakley on the R/V Marcus G. Langseth.
Ned Rozell to teach creative non-fiction course throughout October.
Fairbanks, Alaska—After a vigorous vetting process, the University of Alaska Fairbanks selected Robert “Bob” McCoy as the Geophysical Institute’s new director. McCoy will be the seventh scientist to the hold the post since the institute was established in Fairbanks in 1946.
Pack of one travels 1,500 miles
