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HAARP to hold public open house Saturday, Aug. 27
August 11, 2022
The public will have opportunity to learn about how scientists study the Earth’s ionosphere, the region between Earth's lower atmosphere and the vacuum of space, at an Aug. 27, 2022, open house at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program. The facility, widely known simply as HAARP, is in Gakona, Alaska.
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Permafrost knowledge needed to support sustainable northern agriculture
August 10, 2022
Northern farming could experience huge growth in the 21st century as boreal regions warm. A new ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë-led study argues that a better understanding of how permafrost and agriculture interact is needed to make it happen.
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Cooperative Extension offers 12-month diabetes prevention program
August 10, 2022
The ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Cooperative Extension Service is offering a yearlong program to help people at risk of developing diabetes lose weight and improve their health.
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Stories, maps and storymaps — ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë student supports community decision-making
August 08, 2022
A ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë master's degree candidate's work collects reports of warming temperatures, changing wind patterns, eroding coastlines and shifting sea ice across Arctic Alaska.
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Naylor appointed as Chukchi Campus interim director
August 05, 2022
Minnie Naylor has been appointed to serve as the interim director of the ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue.
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Week's events: Mary Nordale, heart health lecture, film talk, bluegrass
August 05, 2022
ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning is hosting more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events this summer. Here is what's happening during the week of Aug. 7-13.
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Alaska lexicon sinks in over the years
August 04, 2022
When my little Ford pickup chugged into Alaska 36 years ago this month, I didn't know a wheel dog from a dog salmon.
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ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Geophysical Institute announces 2022 Schaible fellowship recipients
August 04, 2022
One student from Alaska and one from Switzerland have been selected as this year's recipients of a Geophysical Institute Schaible Fellowship.
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ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë police, NAMI Fairbanks host crisis intervention training
August 04, 2022
NAMI Fairbanks and the ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Police Department have partnered to host crisis intervention training on the ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë Troth Yeddha Campus this week.
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TCC, ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë co-host 38th annual Alaska Tribal Court Conference
August 03, 2022
TCC and ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë are partnering to host the 38th Annual Alaska Tribal Court Conference from Aug. 2-5, 2022, at Westmark's banquet room in Fairbanks.
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Toolik Field Station receives another five years' funding
August 02, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë's giant climate stripes boldly proclaim Arctic change
August 01, 2022
The International Arctic Research Center is showing its stripes with a bold 40-foot-long hallway installation. The myriad of red and blue vertical bands makes a rainbow-like bar code representing Arctic temperatures from 1900 to 2021. The trend in the Arctic is remarkable. Every year since 1995 shows red, meaning that annual temperatures have been above average for nearly three decades.
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A high-country Eden for sockeye salmon
July 29, 2022
In late summer, a few months before this mossy valley will feel the sting of 40-below air, bright red salmon dart through a crystal-clear pool amid fragrant green vegetation. The Gulkana Hatchery has a Garden-of-Eden feel, which is fitting since millions of sockeye salmon begin life here each year.
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ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë debuts two new energy-focused edX courses
July 29, 2022
ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë is launching two new online non-credit courses that are free to members of the public. The self-paced courses, both focused on different aspects of energy systems, are offered through ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë's edX partnership and will be available on the AlaskaX platform.
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Study aims to reduce fuel oil use in remote Arctic
July 29, 2022
Researchers will study whether heaters that store renewable electric energy might substantially reduce fuel oil burned in remote Arctic homes, under a new project led by a ÈÕº«ÎÞÂë team.
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