The Juneau Icefield forms a snow-covered expanse in the Coast Mountains north of Juneau. Photo by Joanna Young.

Study says Alaska could lose massive icefield by 2200

March 24, 2016
The massive icefield that feeds Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier may be gone by 2200 if warming trend predictions hold true, according to University...
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This high-resolution, enhanced color view of Pluto was taken on July 14, 2015. Photo by NASA.

UAF researcher gets data on Pluto’s atmosphere

March 17, 2016
Pluto has a thinner layer of atmosphere than previously thought, according to researchers who are sifting through the data gathered by NASA’s New...
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UAF facility to distribute new satellite’s imagery

March 16, 2016
NASA has announced that unprecedented, detailed radar views of Earth from a future satellite will be distributed by the Alaska Satellite Facility...
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Fannie Akpik, of Barrow, demonstrates the Inupiat Northern Lights Dance. Photo courtesy of Cultural Connections.

Aurora explored in film by scientists and Inupiat elders

March 1, 2016
When the northern lights are bright and strong, the ancestors are happy, according to Inupiaq elders highlighted in a new documentary by the...
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Nikolaevsk students learn about real-time earthquake data while visiting the Alaska Earthquake Center. Photo courtesy of EarthScope National Office.

Kenai students visit quake center 10 days after big temblor

February 15, 2016
High school students from the village of Nikolaevsk visited the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute on Feb. 3, just 10 days...
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An Aeryon Scout carries the methane gas detection payload during a test flight.

BP donates methane-detecting drone technology

February 9, 2016
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and BP have developed a way to detect methane gas using aerial drones. The technology...
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The trunk and terminus of Jakobshavn Isbræ discharge into Ilulissat Fjord. While this outlet glacier and many others have experienced rapid acceleration during the past two decades, most of the ice sheet interior has decelerated during the past 9,000 years. Photo by Timothy Bartholomaus.

Map shows faster past ice movement in Greenland’s interior

February 4, 2016
A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher has helped create the first map that shows how the Greenland Ice Sheet has moved over time. The map...
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A tent sits in camp on the edge of the Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland. Photo by Martin Truffer.

Greenland model could help estimate sea level rise

February 1, 2016
University of Alaska Fairbanks mathematicians and glaciologists have taken a first step toward understanding how glacier ice flowing off...
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Cathy Cahill is the new director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft. Photo by Todd Paris.

Cahill to lead university’s unmanned aircraft center

January 13, 2016
University of Alaska Fairbanks atmospheric chemistry professor Catherine Cahill is the new director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft...
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