Principal investigator Mehdi Benna stands by the rocket assembled for his experiment. Photo by Danielle Johnson/NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Two launches to mark start of Poker Flat rocket range season

November 3, 2023
Testing a theory about cleaning up after a nuclear detonation in space and learning more about winds at the edge of Earth’s atmosphere are the...
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HAARP’s Ionospheric Research Instrument is a phased array of 180 high-frequency antennas spread across 33 acres. UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta.

HAARP artificial airglow may be widely visible in Alaska

November 2, 2023
Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a...
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The Greenland Ice Sheet, shown here in June 2017, contains approximately 700,000 cubic miles of ice that would raise the global sea level by about 24 feet if it were to melt completely. Photo courtesy of NASA.

UAF scientists receive grant to improve study of rising sea levels

October 31, 2023
A $638,000 National Science Foundation grant to two University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers aims to accelerate innovative ways of studying...
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The Elvey Building, center, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is home to the Geophysical Institute. Photo by JR Ancheta.

Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowships application period now open

October 30, 2023
The application period for two new Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowships at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is now...
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This illustration shows the interaction between the sun and Earth. NASA illustration.

UAF scientist to aid NASA’s space weather forecasting

October 27, 2023
A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist will have a role in a new NASA center that aims to greatly improve space weather forecasting and...
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The map shows the worst-case flooding scenario for upper Cook Inlet, based on numerical modeling. Image courtesy of Elena Suleimani, Alaska Earthquake Center; Barrett Salisbury, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys; Dmitry Nicolsky, UAF Geophysical Institute

Upper Cook Inlet community meetings will address tsunami hazard

October 16, 2023
In a series of community meetings to be held Oct. 17–20, scientists and local emergency managers will answer questions about a new report of...
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Floodwaters flow over and erode the Dalton Highway on May 21, 2015. The flooding contributed to a slow subsiding of ground in the permafrost-rich region. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

Flooding that closed Dalton Highway also caused widespread ground sinking

October 11, 2023
The massive 2015 flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska had immediate impacts, including closure of the Dalton Highway for...
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The combined effects of climate change and infrastructure development on ice-rich permafrost in Point Lay have resulted in severe thaw subsidence and surface water ponding that is destabilizing homes. Photo by Jana Peirce.

Alaska coastal tribe leaders see hope in NSF-funded climate project

October 11, 2023
The National Science Foundation’s decision to fund a $13.9 million program to help several Alaska coastal communities respond to the effects of...
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The community of Chignik Bay, one of the project partners, is located on the Alaska Peninsula. Photo by Chris Maio.

UAF-led group gets $13.9 million to aid coastal climate resilience

October 11, 2023
The National Science Foundation is funding a $13.9 million program led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks to help multiple communities respond...
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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.

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