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Alaska's big river breaks up at Eagle
May 13, 2022
Breakup happened on the Yukon River at Eagle, the river's first settlement as it flows into the United States, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Annual UAF Arctic Research Open House set for May 19
May 12, 2022
Come learn about the incredible research happening at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø during the 2022 Arctic Research Open House from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 19.
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Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data
May 12, 2022
The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in Alaska. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are among the many observations reported by a team of 76 scientists from 17 nations that researched the eruption's atmospheric waves.
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Cooperative Extension workshops get underway in Southeast
May 06, 2022
Juneau-based Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis will travel to remote Southeast communities in her family's cruising trawler to hold classes this month.
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Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon
May 05, 2022
Andy Bassich lives on the south bank of the Yukon River, about 12 miles downstream from Eagle, Alaska, the first community in America along the largest waterway in Alaska.
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UAF steel bridge team earns spot in national finals
May 05, 2022
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø steel bridge team is headed back to familiar territory -- the national championships. The UAF squad earned the top score last month in the Pacific Northwest Regional AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition, finishing in first place in five of the six judging categories.
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UAF, Willamette Law ink cooperative agreement
May 04, 2022
Willamette University College of Law and the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø have signed a new agreement that will give Alaska students a new path to a law degree.
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Married to science: couple works toward a healthier ocean
May 04, 2022
Science is a family affair for Claudine Hauri and Andrew McDonnell. They're married oceanographers tackling issues like ocean acidification, lagging technology and Alaska's massive lack of ocean data.
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Major 2020 Alaska quake triggered neighboring 2021 temblor
May 04, 2022
A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade along the fault.
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May museum programs explore pollinators
May 02, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is focusing on pollinators during family programs in May.
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Learn about greenhouse energy efficiency, crop storage
April 29, 2022
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service is bringing Scott Sanford to Alaska in early May to discuss crop storage and ways to extend the growing season in heated greenhouses.
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Precipitation helped drive distribution of Alaska dinosaurs
April 29, 2022
Precipitation had greater impact than temperature on the distribution of herbivorous dinosaurs in what is now Alaska, according to new research.
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Alaska's water crop is a natural resource
April 28, 2022
As much of Alaska's landmass crosses the magical temperature threshold that turns ice and snow into water, it's time to consider the state's richness in a resource more essential to humans than oil or gas.
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UAF to host 2022 commencement ceremonies
April 27, 2022
The ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø will celebrate its Class of 2022 at two commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Carlson Center in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø.
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Earth's atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
April 27, 2022
Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water and ice, according to new research by ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø Geophysical Institute scientists.
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