Animals
Tiny, ancient life discovered in Southeast
Air
Even with lag, Alaska passing peak warmth
Animals
Tiny barbarians at the gate
Humans, Space, Water
Looking back in time at the world's oceans
History
Mammoths and microblades: digging up ancient culture in Interior Alaska
Water
Measuring glacier wastage
Land
When volcanoes awaken
Water
The art of ice coring
Water, Air
Barrow: Spring is in the air and in the ice
Air
Where do climate projections come from?
Land
New Wave of seismic modeling: using supercomputers to study earthquakes
Air, Space, Air
Measuring the winds of space: UAF team prepares for 2014 launch
Space, Land
Big booms over the northland
Air
The year without summer
Animals, Animals
Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds
Animals
Life endures in hidden, cold worlds
Air, Animals
Mystery of the dead caribou
Water
Permafrost scientist snowmachining from Alaska to Atlantic

About

Since it was established by an Act of Congress in 1946, scientists at the Geophysical Institute have studied geophysical processes from the center of the Earth to the surface of the sun and beyond, turning data and observations into information useful for state, Arctic and national priorities.

Contact info

The GI is located on the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

2156 Koyukuk Drive
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

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