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 From left, Coda Consulting CEO Mathieu Gibeault, Eyal Saiet of ACUASI, and Gislain Chevrette, also of Coda, stand atop the new icing tower at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Feb. 5, 2025. Photo by JR Ancheta

UAF tower to help enable drones to fly in icing conditions

Geophysical Institute
March 4, 2025
A new icing tower at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will help aerospace engineers figure out how to enable drones to...
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James Campbell. Photo by Eric Marshall

UAF student wins award from national chemistry organization

Geophysical Institute
March 3, 2025
A University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student researcher has been named one of 20 recipients nationally of a top award from the American...
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This image, with Earth’s north polar region at center, shows satellites (orange dots) and space debris (pink dots) in orbit through the ionosphere on July 22, 2024. Ionosphere model data were provided by Joseph Huba of Syntek Technologies in Virginia. Image courtesy of Paul Bernhardt

UAF scientist designing satellite to hunt small space debris

Geophysical Institute
February 27, 2025
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of...
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Mount Edgecumbe (L’úx Shaa), viewed from a helicopter in summer 2023, rises from forests on Kruzof Island about 15 miles west of Sitka. Photo by Ronni Grapenthin, Alaska Volcano Observatory/ University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute

Alaska-developed volcano monitoring system will expand across U.S.

Geophysical Institute
February 20, 2025
A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will expand across the U.S...
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 The second of two rockets in the Ground Imaging to Rocket investigation of Auroral Fast Features mission launched on Feb. 8. Photo by Eric Marshall/UAF Geophysical Institute

First rocket campaign of 2025 concludes at Poker Flat Research Range

Geophysical Institute
February 12, 2025
Two NASA rockets successfully launched from Poker Flat Research Range this month in search of answers about forms of rapid auroral behavior. The...
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Multiple glacial streams carry turbid glacial runoff into Kachemak Bay in this aerial view looking southwest from the head of the bay toward Homer on June 30, 2021. Photo by Martin Stuefer

Research reveals extent of Kachemak Bay’s surface cloudiness

Geophysical Institute
January 30, 2025
Scientists have produced the first remote sensing analysis of how water clouded by sediment in glacier meltwater moves on the surface of Kachemak...
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This image is from a video that accompanies the unmanned aircraft systems courses and includes the history of drone flight.

UAF offers free online courses about unmanned aircraft systems

Geophysical Institute
January 28, 2025
The public can learn the history, basics and engineering of unmanned aircraft systems through two free online courses offered by the University...
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Thaw-driven subsidence can lead to thermokarst and formation of thermokarst ponds and thaw ponds. UAF Ph.D. student Nick Hasson looks at a thaw pond just north of the University of Alaska Fairbanks main campus. It is forming in an area underlain by massive ice wedges. Photo by Louise Farquharson

Thawing permafrost causes ground to sink in cold regions; scientists urge action

Geophysical Institute
January 24, 2025
More needs to be done to better understand rapidly changing Arctic landscapes that are sinking as climate-driven permafrost thaw penetrates...
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UAF professor Franz Meyer presents “Launching NISAR: NASA's Biggest Earth Observation Mission” as part of the 2024 Science for Alaska talk series. The 2025 talk series begins with a kickoff event on Thursday, Jan. 30, at Black Spruce Brewing Co. UAF/GI photo by LJ Evans

33rd annual Science for Alaska talks and outreach events announced

Geophysical Institute
January 21, 2025
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host free public science talks over the next few weeks, featuring Alaska stories...
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