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Research assistant professor Florian Hofmann of the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Geochronology Lab works on the lab’s argon mass spectrometer. Photo by JR Ancheta

UAF critical minerals proposal advances in federal funding competition

Geophysical Institute
July 14, 2025
A University of Alaska Fairbanks proposal to reduce the United States’ dependency on foreign sources of minerals critical to the technology and...
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A steam plume with minor ash extends northeast from Augustine Volcano on Jan. 30, 2006. Photo by R.G. McGimsey/Alaska Volcano Observatory/U.S. Geological Survey

Tiny crystals provide insight to massive 2006 Augustine Volcano eruption

Geophysical Institute
July 11, 2025
Samples of extremely small crystal clots, each polished to the thickness of a human hair or thinner, have revealed information about the process...
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The St. George Creek Fire burns on June 21, 2025. The fire is about 40 miles south of Fairbanks. UAF/GI photo by Martin Stuefer

Alaska climate report: June jumped from cool to hot, hot, hot

Geophysical Institute
July 11, 2025
June began cool and wet but rapidly changed to hot and dry at the midpoint, with wildfires bursting out across the state, according to the...
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Planetarium construction continues at the west side of the University of Alaska Museum of the North on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ Campus in Fairbanks. UAF/GI photo by Rod Boyce

Planetarium construction begins, Murdock Trust joins project

Geophysical Institute
June 24, 2025
Construction has begun on a new 65-seat planetarium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The project, approved by the UA Board of Regents in...
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A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor has published a new mathematical framework for three-dimensional time. TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay

UAF professor’s work is a step toward elusive ‘theory of everything’

Geophysical Institute
June 18, 2025
Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a...
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Alaska Earthquake Center Director Michael West testified at a congressional subcommittee hearing on May 20, 2025, regarding bills for volcano, earthquake and landslide hazard programs. Photo taken from subcommittee video.

Alaska Earthquake Center director at Congress: Renew three hazards programs

Geophysical Institute
June 17, 2025
Reauthorizing federal programs that help warn of volcano eruptions, earthquakes and landslides is essential for reducing fatalities and the...
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The Abisko, Sweden, container observatory. Photo by Kylee Branning

New triple-observatory network completes first winter of work

Geophysical Institute
June 11, 2025
Three new Arctic mini-observatories located across the globe from Alaska have completed their first winter studying the upper atmosphere’s wind...
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UAF Geophysical Institute Director Bob McCoy and Alaska Aerospace Corp. CEO John Oberst sign a memorandum of understanding in front of the GI building on Thursday, June 10, 2025. UAF/GI photo by Bryan Whitten:

Geophysical Institute, Alaska Aerospace to boost space opportunity

Geophysical Institute
June 10, 2025
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and Alaska Aerospace Corp. will work together under a new agreement to jointly develop...
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Rime ice covers brush on a hill above Toolik Lake, Alaska, on June 8, 2025. Photo by Julie Stricker

Alaska climate report: May 2025 kept its cool

Geophysical Institute
June 10, 2025
The month of May was noticeably cooler around Alaska, but data from the Alaska Climate Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks show...
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