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A photograph made during fieldwork along the Yukon River in central Alaska in 2023 shows the four-toed track. Photo courtesy of Anthony Fiorillo

Fossil tracks push range of large bird northward

Geophysical Institute
November 4, 2024
Scientists from Fairbanks, New Mexico and Japan have discovered the first reported fossilized tracks of a large four-toed bird that inhabited...
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 Research assistant professor Florian Hofmann of the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Geochronology Lab works on the lab’s argon mass spectrometer. Photo by JR Ancheta

UAF aims to make Alaska a critical minerals hub

Geophysical Institute
November 1, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has a new research unit that aims to make Alaska a global leader in research and development of critical...
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Clusters of “fairy circles” in Western Australia have been found to seep hydrogen gas. The image was acquired by the Landsat 9 satellite on June 27, 2023. Landsat 9 is a partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory

UAF workshop will look at Alaska’s geologic hydrogen

Geophysical Institute
October 25, 2024
Reshaping Alaska’s energy future with geologic hydrogen is the subject of a three-day workshop next week hosted by the University of Alaska...
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Smoke from nearby wildfires creates a haze on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus in June 2022. UAF photo by Eric Engman

Method rapidly determines surface air quality during Alaska wildfires

Geophysical Institute
October 23, 2024
A method of quickly determining surface air quality during Alaska’s sometimes intense wildfire season will benefit urban and rural communities...
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS passes by the sun (blocked by center circle) on Oct. 10, 2024, in this image from the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory. The observatory launched in December 1995 as a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency. Image courtesy of the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory

UAF to offer comet viewing — if the weather cooperates

Geophysical Institute
October 11, 2024
The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites the public to view a celestial visitor that hasn’t traveled near Earth in at least 80,000 years. Comet...
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Kevin Galloway, left, and Mike Steinhauer of the Geophysical Institute’s Research Computing Systems unit attach cabling in August 2024 for the final and largest GPU node to be installed. Photo by LJ Evans

UAF’s high-performance computing resources just got a lot smarter

Geophysical Institute
October 3, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks staff upgraded the university’s most powerful high-performance computer this summer to significantly increase its...
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Kyra Bornong. Photo courtesy of Kyra Bornong

2024 UAF Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship winners announced

Geophysical Institute
September 17, 2024
Students in geology and space physics are the recipients of 2024 Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowships. Kyra Bornong of Minnesota and Zack...
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Ice fog over Fairbanks as seen from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Debby Dean photo

New research has implications for Fairbanks winter air quality improvement

Geophysical Institute
September 4, 2024
Work led by University of Alaska Fairbanks and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers shows that the effort to improve Fairbanks' wintertime...
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The Mirror Lake offramp on the Glenn Highway near Chugiak, Alaska, shows damage after the Nov. 30, 2018, earthquake. Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

UAF scientist’s method could give months’ warning of major earthquakes

Geophysical Institute
August 29, 2024
The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest over large...
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