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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's GINA provides a guiding hand in Arctic Ocean research
November 11, 2021
Satellite imagery produced at the Geographic Information Network of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, or GINA, at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute helps the research vessel Sikuliaq weave its way through sea ice.
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Online course offers free Arctic climate change education
November 09, 2021
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is making it easy for people globally to gain a basic understanding of climate change issues in the circumpolar North through a new massive open online course.
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Student’s research upends understanding of upper atmospheric wind
November 09, 2021
Doctoral student Rajan Itani found that upper-level winds from over the North Pole unexpectedly stall over ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
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Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ
November 04, 2021
Pencil-beaked shorebirds with the ability to stay airborne for a week -- flying all the way from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ to New Zealand -- rely on a few crescents of mudflat to fuel that incredible journey.
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National Science Foundation funds diverse collaborators to study Arctic change
November 02, 2021
The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs recently funded the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks and six other institutions to synthesize what is known about the changing Arctic environment and its consequences.
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November museum programs explore animals in art
November 01, 2021
The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Museum of the North is exploring animals in art during family programs in November.
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Bus 142 to embark on final journey
October 29, 2021
In a cavernous room within the university's new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time in its eventful existence.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's volunteer weather army needs you
October 22, 2021
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's volunteer weather army needs participants
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Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind
October 22, 2021
In northern ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.
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Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ MOSAiC scientist
October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster, a research assistant professor at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has been busy with her MOSAiC expedition research.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
October 14, 2021
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 14, 2021
The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Museum of the North invites families to explore the museum this Halloween season.
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Juday awarded George B. Fell Award
October 13, 2021
Glenn Juday, University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks professor emeritus of forest ecology, has received the George B. Fell Award from the national Natural Areas Association.
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ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ joins national air quality research with Interior ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ site
October 07, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.
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Space rocks streak through the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ sky
October 07, 2021
In late September, people on the Kenai Peninsula and in Anchorage noticed a white streak slashing the black night sky. Some even heard a boom.
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