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Scientists explore dinosaur 'coliseum' in Denali National Park
August 14, 2023
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks scientists have discovered and documented the largest known single dinosaur track site in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. The site, located in Denali National Park and Preserve, has been dubbed "The Coliseum" by researchers.
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Week's events: Whirlwind of allergy, wood burning kilns
August 11, 2023
Next week the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning will host the final two of more than 40 free lectures, concerts and events presented this summer.
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'Ice mouse' survived Arctic cold in the age of dinosaurs
August 10, 2023
Paleontologists working in northern ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ have discovered a tiny fossil mammal that thrived in what may have been among the coldest conditions on Earth about 73 million years ago.
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Population of Yukon River peregrines nosedives
August 10, 2023
Numbers of adult peregrine falcons on the upper Yukon River in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ have decreased by more than a third in the last three years, according to a scientist who has counted them there for half a century.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ aurora scientist to appear on live Q&A
August 04, 2023
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute scientist Don Hampton will answer questions about the aurora during a live online event with Mike Fitz, a naturalist with the nature cam network Explore.org.
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Week's events: Tom Bundtzen, lifestyle as medicine, crafting community, string band
August 04, 2023
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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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$1 million USDA investment supports food, energy sovereignty
August 03, 2023
A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide continued support for a University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks project aimed at educating and preparing the next generation of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native agriculture leaders.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ blueberries are good for you. Right?
August 03, 2023
Bog blueberries are a favorite of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns and grizzly bears, but the fact that some people across the Atlantic have long avoided them was a puzzle to Zuzana Vaneková.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ geoscience students take to the Bering Sea
August 02, 2023
Seven University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks students will set sail on the research vessel Sikuliaq in August to study the plants, animals and humans that inhabited the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age.
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Public invited to follow Bering Land Bridge research project
August 01, 2023
The public can follow a team of scientists aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq who will spend the month of August studying conditions that existed on the Bering Land Bridge during the last ice age.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns can help identify invasive crab species
August 01, 2023
A new crab species was spotted in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ for the first time last year, and it has the potential to disrupt native species and ecosystems. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Sea Grant is asking ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñns to help monitor the invasive European green crab on local beaches.
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Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science Summer School returns to HAARP
July 28, 2023
More than 50 researchers will be in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in August for the resumption of a science summer school that culminates with experiments at the High-frequency Active Aurora Research Program facility operated by the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
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Week's events: Ron Inouye, cardiovascular health, Denali in collodion photos, eclectic tunes
July 28, 2023
University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks 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 July 31-Aug. 6.
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Long-pondered return to a pile of rocks
July 27, 2023
FIREWEED ROCK GLACIER -- "I've been thinking of this stuff for the last 20 years," says Adam Bucki. My friend, soon to be 50, was in his 20s the last time he stood on this massive pile of pointy rocks that oozes slowly downhill.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Day at the fair scheduled for Aug. 1
July 25, 2023
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair will include ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ activities throughout the fairgrounds. ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ apparel or showing their PolarExpress card.
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