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A sign at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility at Gakona, Alaska. Photo courtesy HAARP

NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment

Geophysical Institute
December 29, 2022
A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Dec. 27 with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid...
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This image from an animation shows the projected path of the asteroid 2010 XC15 as it passes by Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech image

HAARP to bounce signal off asteroid in NASA experiment

Geophysical Institute
December 21, 2022
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass...
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Anushree Badola points to her name on the American Geophysical Union talk schedule. Photo by Rod Boyce

AGU research spotlight: Knowing a forest’s makeup is key for firefighting

Geophysical Institute
December 16, 2022
Knowing the tree species of an area can help in fighting wildfires and in fire prevention decision-making. Graduate student Anushree Badola of...
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Soumitra Sakhalkar. Photo by Eric Marshall.

AGU research spotlight: Study shows depth of Alaska’s thawing permafrost

Geophysical Institute
December 15, 2022
“This enables us to understand seasonal permafrost settlement,” Sakhalkar said. “That helps us to understand the impacts that the rapidly...
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Brooke Kubby

AGU research spotlight: Radar as a crop managing tool

Geophysical Institute
December 13, 2022
Brazil’s Mato Grosso region is that nation’s leading producer of livestock and grains. It is also a region of extensive land cover change. Brooke...
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Franz Meyer discusses the SAR Capacity Building Center. Photo by Nicole Houseweart

AGU research spotlight: UAF helping expand satellite radar’s reach

Geophysical Institute
December 12, 2022
The technology behind it has developed rapidly, though, and NASA wants to spread its use. SAR Capacity Building CenterCentral and South...
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In this photo, previously unpublished as far as is known, Charlie McGonagal, left, and Pete Anderson, two of the four-man Sourdough Expedition that ascended Denali’s North Peak, are shown in a mislabeled photograph. Photo from UAF Rasmuson Library archive

Newly found photos shed light on 1910 Denali climb

Geophysical Institute
December 2, 2022
An unexpected find in a University of Alaska Fairbanks archive has revealed more information about the oft-debated April 1910 Sourdough...
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UAF Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie La Belle-Hamer and Rep. Bart LeBon. UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta

Legislature honors Nettie La Belle-Hamer

Geophysical Institute
November 29, 2022
The Alaska Legislature has honored UAF Vice Chancellor for Research Nettie La Belle-Hamer for being recognized by NASA for her contributions to...
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 10, 2022. Photo by United Launch Alliance

Satellite launch means continued timely information for Alaskans

Geophysical Institute
November 11, 2022
Thursday’s launch of an environmental satellite aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California might not register as a...
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