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Poker Flat Research Range prepares rocket for launch

February 1, 2013

Staff and scientists at Poker Flat Research Range are busy preparing for the opening of the 2013 launch window that will allow one NASA sounding...

Photo courtesy of UAF Geophysical Institute.

Lecture to focus on lasers in Alaska

January 24, 2013

With the ability to generate an intense, narrow beam of light, lasers are used in the fields of science, technology, medicine and more. Since the...

A ridge in the sea ice near Nome, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Andy Mahoney.

Lecture: Learn the facts about Alaska’s sea ice

January 9, 2013

Some climate change projections offer swift timetables for ice-free arctic waters. Though scientists are not all in agreement with how immediate...

This photo illustrates emissions settling into the Tanana Valley during an inversion. Photo by Gerhard Kramm.

Lecture to focus on Interior winter air quality

January 4, 2013

Local, borough, state and federal officials struggle with what should be done to address Interior Alaska’s chronic winter air-quality issues. The...

Lecture to explore earthquakes and supercomputers

January 2, 2013

All three of Alaska’s largest cities are threatened by the possibility of large, devastating earthquakes. Scientists are well aware of this risk...

Science for Alaska lectures move to new venue, day

December 20, 2012

For more than 20 years, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute has hosted the Science For Alaska Lecture Series and shared...

In early 2012, this quad-rotor Aeryon Scout was deployed by the University of Alaska Unmanned Aircraft team to gather information on sea ice conditions outside Nome Harbor. Photo by Greg Walker.

Stakeholders to set goals for unmanned aircraft in Alaska

September 21, 2012

Unmanned aircraft systems couple innovative design and construction to assist business, science and the military. They can even help ensure...

Lecture: Slowpoke quakes can kick-start faster rumbles

September 13, 2012

After years of tracking earthquake behavior, scientists have discovered there are two unique types of quakes – the fast and the slow. Most quakes...

Rockets & Gold: Poker Flat Research Range open house

July 13, 2012

Situated in the gold-mining district of the Interior, Poker Flat Research Range is a research facility dedicated to launching sounding rockets...

John Eichelberger leads a group of students to the rim of the Katmai caldera in the 2011 International Volcanological Field School. To get there, students must traverse the top of a glacier, insulated by a thick layer of pumice from the massive 1912 eruption of the volcano. Photo by Pavel Izbekov.

2012 International Volcanological Field School begins

May 31, 2012

On the centennial of the Novarupta eruption – a cataclysmic event that created the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in southwest Alaska – a group of...

Science for Alaska hits Anchorage with two public lectures

April 20, 2012

The Science for Alaska Lecture Series will host two public lectures in Anchorage to conclude its 2012 season. On April 24, Greg Walker, manager...

Science Social to offer smorgasbord of UA research

April 17, 2012

Unmanned aircraft, tidewater glaciers, polar-orbiting satellites and biotechnology will be featured in a Science Social at Centennial Hall in...

A view up the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes from the Overlook Cabin above Three Forks in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. The valley is filled with 200 meters of ash-flow deposits from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta Volcano. Photograph by G. McGimsey, USGS.

Lecture explores century of study of Novarupta eruption

April 13, 2012

One hundred years ago this June, a three-day explosive eruption at Novarupta on the Alaska Peninsula near King Salmon became one of the five...

West Ridge to host First Friday event

April 3, 2012

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will host a First Friday event in its GeoData Center Map Office Friday, April 6 from 5 –...

PREPARES scales up the successful Arctic Climate Modeling Program that was field-tested in Alaska's Bering Strait School District, providing professional development for teachers, a suite of hands-on lessons and more. UAF Geophysical Institute photo.

Program prepares indigenous students for science careers

March 28, 2012

A new $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant will help the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute expand a program that...

Lecture highlights shaking glaciers of Southeast

February 29, 2012

Icebergs are created when glaciers calve into a body of water. Though scientists who study glaciers often focus on calving and the production of...

Sprite pioneer elected 2012 AGU Fellow

February 17, 2012

University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus Davis “Dave” Sentman has been elected to the 2012 class of fellows for the American Geophysical...

Lecture highlights space research in the North

February 15, 2012

Access to space has been slow and expensive. However, a new trend among research institutions encourages innovative ways to perform space...