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Melinda Webster carries a magnaprobe to measure the depth of melt ponds. Photo by Lianna Nixon

A year after MOSAiC: Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for UAF scientist

October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster splashed daily through the clear water of Arctic melt ponds to measure the depth of the water cradled in pockets dotting the...
Arctic haze appears over northern Alaska in 2008 as photographed from a NASA aircraft. Photo by Jingqiu Mao

UAF joins national air quality research with Interior Alaska site

October 7, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska research location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne...
Crew member Johna Winters, a master’s student in marine resource management at Oregon State University, watches from the Sikuliaq’s bridge on Sept. 20, 2021. Bernard Coakley photo

Geophysics professor wraps up voyage exploring Amerasia Basin’s origin

October 4, 2021
A science cruise led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to investigate the origin of the Arctic Ocean’s Amerasia Basin has come to an...
Alexandru Lapadat at Eagle and Symphony Lakes in Alaska, 2017. Photo courtesy Alexandru Lapadat.

UAF awards first Schaible Geophysical Institute Fellowship

September 20, 2021
Alexandru Lapadat has a story Alaskans often hear from visitors who come back to the state after a first visit. “I was here once four years ago...
Surface water extent is shown (blue) around New Orleans on Aug 29, 2021. Water extent data is derived from synthetic aperture radar. A SAR image is in the background. Credit: UAF Geophysical Institute.

Work by UAF researchers and NASA aids Hurricane Ida response

September 17, 2021
Federal emergency managers needed detailed information as Hurricane Ida approached Louisiana at the end of August. In Fairbanks, 3,400 miles away...
A photo of CuPID in December 2019, when the chassis, or base frame of the device, met the avionics. Credit: Emil Atz

Big space mystery gets big attention from UAF space physicist

September 14, 2021
Associate professor Hyunju Connor is looking forward to the launch of an Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California...
The Geophysical Institute’s Carl Tape talks about a small earthquake that had just occurred in the Anchorage area on Monday, Aug. 31, 2021. Credit: Daniel Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute

GI researcher to lead four-year project to revolutionize seismology

September 3, 2021
A project to unite seismic data analysis and modeling with supercomputing power may help answer some of the biggest questions about the Earth’s...
View of the GI's 75th anniversary celebration from the sixth floor of the Elvey Building. GI photo by LJ Evans.

A great day for an anniversary celebration

August 31, 2021
Hundreds of people came to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute to help celebrate its 75th anniversary on a cool Saturday in...
Regine Hock on a research trip in Greenland. Photo courtesy Regine Hock.

Geophysical Institute glaciologist receives international acclaim

August 26, 2021
Glaciologist Regine Hock has been awarded a top honor by the International Glaciological Society for her “long-standing and ongoing service in...