This medium-sized thaw slump in Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta is about 260 feet wide and with a headwall of about 10 to 15 feet. It formed closer to the lake, expanding upslope by many feet each summer. Photo by Simon Zwieback

Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors

August 12, 2022
Thawing Arctic hillsides release a significant amount of organic carbon that has been locked in frozen ground for thousands of years but which...
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The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility in early June near Gakona, Alaska, in June 2022. The 33-acre ionospheric research instrument helps researchers study the ionosphere. UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta

HAARP to hold public open house Saturday, Aug. 27

August 11, 2022
The public will have the opportunity to learn about how scientists study the Earth’s ionosphere, the region between Earth's lower atmosphere and...
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Amy Jenson

Geophysical Institute announces 2022 Schaible fellowship recipients

August 4, 2022
One student from Alaska and one from Switzerland have been selected as this year’s recipients of a Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship...
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The research vessel Sikuliaq sails in Alaska’s Resurrection Bay in July 2020. The ship is homeported in Seward. The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences operates the Sikuliaq. The National Science Foundation owns the ship. Photo by Sarah Spanos

Scientists to set sail in search of Bering Sea’s stormy past

July 26, 2022
A team of scientists will soon head to the Aleutian Islands aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq on a voyage to reconstruct the region’s ancient...
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Alex Witsil.

New method can improve explosion detection

July 22, 2022
Computers can be trained to better detect distant nuclear detonations, chemical blasts and volcano eruptions by learning from artificial...
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ACUASI sends its two SeaHunter aircraft to Canada, though only one flies during the whale mission. The two aircraft are shown at the Gaspé, Quebec, airport in 2020. Photo by Andrew Wentworth

UAF crew, unmanned aircraft help protect endangered right whales

July 21, 2022
The Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration is back in Canada to help prevent endangered North Atlantic right whales from...
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail. Image courtesy NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

GI scientist proud of his work on Webb telescope

July 12, 2022
NASA has rolled out several images gathered by the new James Webb Space Telescope , the largest and most powerful space observatory ever built...
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Melinda Webster carries a magnaprobe to measure the depth of melt ponds. Photo by Lianna Nixon

Research shows need to improve prediction of Arctic melt ponds

June 30, 2022
New research shows two widely used computer models that predict summer melt pond formation on sea ice greatly overestimate their extent, a key...
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A group photo on Root Glacier of participants in the International Summer School in Glaciology. Photo by Dave Sarbell

Ph.D. glaciology students get lessons at a great Alaska venue

June 28, 2022
The mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve made this no ordinary summer school. Nearly 30 early Ph.D. students gathered for...
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