The “Big Dog” antenna is housed in a dome atop the Akasofu Building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The antenna is one of two that are used to receive VIIRS data from two polar-orbiting satellites. Photo: Todd Paris, University of Alaska Fairbanks

GINA group provides the big picture in wildfire season

June 25, 2021
Fire season is underway in Alaska, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping — as it does every year — in the...
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This illustration from the article shows the location of temperature sensors at the Dalton Highway research site. Drone photo by Soraya Kaiser; illustration distributed under Creative Commons 4.0 International

Research shows Alaska infrastructure at risk of earlier failure

June 23, 2021
Roads, bridges, pipelines and other types of infrastructure in Alaska and elsewhere in the Arctic will deteriorate faster than expected due to a...
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This hemispheric view of Venus was created using more than a decade of radar investigations culminating in the 1990-1994 Magellan mission, and is centered on the planet's North Pole. Image: NASA/JPL/USGS

UAF professor on science team for new NASA mission to Venus

June 2, 2021
NASA has approved two missions to Venus, and that means University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick is...
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The research team’s tents sit on the Greenland ice sheet in the film “Utuqaq.” Photo courtesy of Iva Radivojevic

Film shows Geophysical Institute research in harsh Greenland landscape

May 28, 2021
The wind’s low, rumbling howl fills the ears for 89 seconds before a human voice is heard. The ice and snow of Greenland’s expanse passes below...
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Kennicott Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Photo: David Rounce

Global study of glacier debris shows impact on melt rate

May 19, 2021
A large-scale research project at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute has revealed insight into the relationship between...
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The NASA Black Brant XII rocket lifts off with the KiNET-X experiment at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Photo: NASA Wallops/Terry Zaperach

NASA launches rocket in search of aurora answers

May 17, 2021
NASA launched one of its largest sounding rockets Sunday from an East Coast facility in an experiment led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks...
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HyLab’s hyperspectral system, or HySpex, consisting of cameras integrated with an inertial measurement unit, a GPS and an airborne data acquisition system, is shown in an Alaska Department of Fish and Game Bush Hawk aircraft. Photo: Geophysical Institute

Geophysical Institute's HyLab is ready for the minerals hunt

May 7, 2021
Alaska contains minerals essential to the national defense, renewable energy and electronics industries. Finding those minerals, however, can be...
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Launcher at Pad 5 at Poker Flat Research Range. Photo: Tony Tyree, Poker Flat Research Range

NASA crews plan busy summer at Poker Flat Research Range

May 6, 2021
NASA’s annual maintenance visits to Poker Flat Research Range have resumed after a year off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with big projects this...
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New podcast highlights science and natural history in Alaska

May 5, 2021
The Alaska Science Pod was created to give voice to the people tackling big scientific questions in the Last Frontier. Through a series of...
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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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