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The mini-science camp on the Beaufort Sea ice two-thirds of a mile north of a thin snow-covered spit above Elson Lagoon, about 10 miles east of Utqiagvik. Photo by Bryan Whitten

UAF researchers use drones to test new instrument for measuring sea ice thickness and its snow cover

Geophysical Institute
April 29, 2024
BEAUFORT SEA ICE, near Utqiagvik, Alaska — The train of 10 snowmachines snaked slowly across the snow-covered sea ice toward the small tent far...
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Lava erupts at Pavlof Volcano, shown in a short-wave infrared false-color image from Jan. 19, 2022. A discussion of research into the eruption is one of more than 1,000 presentations at the Seismological Society of America annual meeting. Image by Hannah Dietterich, Alaska Volcano Observatory

UAF researchers head to Anchorage for nation’s largest seismology conference

Geophysical Institute
April 25, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks seismologists, staff and students will be in Anchorage next week for the annual national meeting of the...
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National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan. National Science Foundation/Photo by Stephen Voss

NSF director: 'I am grateful to UAF’s partnership'

Geophysical Institute
April 24, 2024
Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan became the 15th director of the National Science Foundation in June 2020 when the U.S. Senate confirmed his...
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The gear building where the SALVO team prepares for a trip to their snow research site. Photo by Rod Boyce

SALVO: Studying how snow melts on tundra and sea ice

Geophysical Institute
April 20, 2024
The five University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers didn’t mind the constant wind that gusted to about 30 mph across the flat whiteness on...
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Citizen science photos (a, b) show a large open water zone on Dec. 20, 2020, on the Tanana River near Rosie Creek. The photos confirm the synthetic aperture radar classifications (c) from the same date. Red, blue and black arrows point to the same landmarks in all panels. Image from research paper.

New radar analysis method can improve winter river safety

Geophysical Institute
April 12, 2024
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have developed a way to use radar to detect open water zones and other changes in Alaska’s frozen...
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UAF/GI photo by Eric Marshall

New GINA satellite antenna gets lifted into place at UAF

Geophysical Institute
April 8, 2024
A crane hoisted a new 3-meter antenna atop the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ engineering building Saturday, increasing the capability of the...
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University of Alaska Fairbanks Facilities Services employees Mckinley Hearns, left, and Shae Patterson assemble the reflector dish of the new Geographic Information Network of Alaska antenna on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Photo by Bryan Whitten

New rooftop antenna to be installed on UAF Usibelli Building

Geophysical Institute
April 5, 2024
A new 3-meter antenna will be installed atop the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ engineering building as early as Saturday. The antenna is for...
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A solar flare flashes in the sun’s corona on Feb. 21, 2024. The image shows a blend of 171 Angstrom and 131 Angstrom light, subsets of extreme ultraviolet light that highlight plasma loops in the corona and extremely hot material in flares, respectively. Photo by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory

NASA rockets to gather sun data in rare daytime Poker Flat launches

Geophysical Institute
April 4, 2024
Two rockets are set to launch within minutes of each other from Poker Flat Research Range this month in NASA’s first campaign to study solar...
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Chris Maio, director of the UAF Arctic Coastal Cooperative, speaks on the first day of a weeklong meeting of participants in the Alaska Coastal Cooperative for Co-producing Transformative Ideas and Opportunities in the North. Photo by Rod Boyce

Alaska communities take next steps in UAF-led climate change response

Geophysical Institute
April 2, 2024
About 50 people from Alaska and Canada gathered in Anchorage on Monday to begin a weeklong retreat. Their goal is to accelerate the work of...
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