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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
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Two new studies in this region establish a baseline on vessel traffic exposure and its potential impacts on two species of marine mammals. These studies advance our understanding of how increasing marine traffic overlaps with migratory marine mammal populations over time as sea ice continues to decline.
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The following article appeared in the IARC 2025 Annual Report (Year in Review) publication. This research also contributed to a recent (in press) article in the journal Communications Earth &…
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An art and science exhibit this spring at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center in Fairbanks explores the beauty, complexity and changing nature of Alaska’s winter.
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Hajo Eicken, director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center, has been selected as scientific director at Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.
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The 20th edition of the Arctic Report Card, published this week, continues to serve as a record of persistent and extraordinary warming in the North. As has been the case…
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Dozens of IARC researchers and students are participating in the 2025 American Geophysical Union fall meeting held both virtually and in New Orleans this December. We hope to connect with our…
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This story originally appeared in The Conversation. Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12, 2025, producing a storm surge that flooded villages as far…
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On this rainy September afternoon, Erik Schoen vacuums water from a backwater slough. The liquid will tell him if there are predators in this body of water.
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An opinion article by Heather McFarland, Tori Brannan, Katie Spellman and Hilary Shook The start of school is the perfect time to get students outside learning about the role wildfire…
