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In December 2021, a severe storm hit Interior Alaska, bringing the most liquid to ever fall in a winter calendar day. Along with dramatic temperature swings and 17 inches of…
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UAF faculty and NOAA researchers are invited to explore upcoming research needs and build new collaborative proposals through CICOES-UAF. A research development grant call for proposals is open with a…
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New funding will expand a 30-year community-based monitoring and education outreach program across Alaska, helping bridge local observations with learning from NASA Earth science missions. The $5.5 million competitive NASA…
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The Chena River is the second-most productive spawning ground for Chinook (king) salmon in the Yukon River Basin.* The mainstem river and its many connected sloughs and tributaries provide a…
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Authentic, actionable science that empowers communities to understand and respond to environmental change doesn’t happen through observation alone. By shifting technical research out of academia and directly into communities, we…
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Working with Indigenous observers on Alaska’s northern coast, a research team has developed a way to improve the modeling of oceanic changes. This work was led by the International Arctic…
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The polar regions have been warming for decades, with record-high temperatures increasingly accompanied by precipitation in the form of snow and rain. The Arctic has seen impacts ranging from thawing…
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The American Meteorological Society released its annual report on the global climate this week, with many researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks participating. “State of the Climate in 2025”…
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CONTACT: Moss, jlmoss@alaska.edu A new spectrometer facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will let researchers see chemical components of materials in the parts-per-trillion range, advancing environmental science across Alaska.…
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) happen every year in Alaska and are increasing in frequency, likely due to rising ocean temperatures and other factors
