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The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program near Gakona, Alaska, includes a phased array of 180 high-frequency crossed-dipole antennas spread across 33 acres and capable of radiating 3.6 megawatts into the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Photo courtesy of HAARP

HAARP to begin largest set of experiments at its new observatory

Geophysical Institute
October 17, 2022
Bouncing a signal off the moon. Learning more about a mysterious polar light. Sending a beam to Jupiter. Those are just some of the 13...
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Jesse Atencio, a fabricator in the Geophysical Institute's Machine Shop, shows the new metal 3D printer. Photo by JR Ancheta

Need a precision science tool? New 3D metal printer can do it

Geophysical Institute
October 14, 2022
Mention 3D printing and someone is likely to think about small plastic things such as customized Lego bricks or miniature dinosaurs. 3D printing...
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Scientists on the MOSAiC expedition work among Arctic melt ponds in 2020. Photo by Melinda Webster

Study: Glass microspheres won't save Arctic sea ice

Geophysical Institute
October 5, 2022
A proposal to cover Arctic sea ice with layers of tiny hollow glass spheres about the thickness of one human hair would actually accelerate sea...
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Seismologist Ezgi Karasozen of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute at a seismic station. Photo courtesy of Ezgi Karasozen

Seismologist helps start science journal that eliminates fees

Geophysical Institute
September 30, 2022
An international team of researchers has launched a new open-access journal to support free global access to cutting-edge seismological research...
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Kotzebue Electric Association's 576-kilowatt solar farm is the largest remote solar farm in Alaska. Photo by Amanda Byrd

New research can help electric utilities account for climate change

Geophysical Institute
September 23, 2022
Researchers have devised a method to determine the impact of climate change on the supply and variability of local renewable energy. An increase...
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Filmmaker Fritz Mueller walks at the edge of St. Paul Island as waves crash ashore, driven by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok as it passes over St. Paul Island. Photo by Chris Maio

Caught in a major storm, UAF researchers make the best of it

Geophysical Institute
September 20, 2022
On St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea about 300 miles from Alaska’s coast, the still-powerful remains of Typhoon Merbok passed overhead, churning...
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Melissa Ward Jones, Lillian Jones, Kaya, and Benjamin Jones (left to right) doing family science at the Teshekpuk Lake Observatory during the summer of 2021. Photo by Ben Jones

A grateful scientist celebrates an Arctic lab’s pioneers

Geophysical Institute
September 7, 2022
For Ben Jones, putting together an event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory was personal...
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Nick Adkins explains the parts of a drone and its flight capabilities to Delta Junction students. School librarian Norm Cosgrove, who teaches the weeklong summer school drones class, listens. Photo by Rod Boyce

Students find sky-high excitement with UAF drone center

Geophysical Institute
September 2, 2022
The room at Delta Junction Junior High School would look busy even without the nine students zipping around. The buzz from the kids just added to...
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This medium-sized thaw slump in Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta is about 260 feet wide and with a headwall of about 10 to 15 feet. It formed closer to the lake, expanding upslope by many feet each summer. Photo by Simon Zwieback

Thawing Arctic hillsides are major climate change contributors

Geophysical Institute
August 12, 2022
Thawing Arctic hillsides release a significant amount of organic carbon that has been locked in frozen ground for thousands of years but which...
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