Alaska Science Forum: The Ups and Downs of Washboard Roads
The mechanism of how washboards form on gravel roads was a mystery until sixty years ago, solved by an Australian scientist just before he became director of the UAF Geophysical Institute.
Author: Ned Rozell
Alaska Science Forum: Arctic Report Card Details Seabird Deaths
The Arctic Report Card—a compilation of northern science by researchers from all over the planet, most of them doing work in Alaska—came out in mid-December at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Chicago.
Alaska Science Forum: Home Insulation from Wood and Fungus
A few Alaska researchers are working to create insulation made from biological materials that removes carbon from the atmosphere.
Alaska Science Forum: North Pacific Megastorms vs. East Coast Hurricanes
Hurricane Ian slashed through Florida’s Gulf Coast, one week after remnants of Typhoon Merbok battered a wider swath of Western Alaska.
Alaska Science Forum: Salmon Are Nature’s Way of Returning Ocean Nutrients Upstream
“These salmon literally bring back tons of fertilizer to these systems,” says UAF aquatic ecologist Mark Wipfli.
Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s Water Crop Is a Natural Resource
Clear as gin, brown as iced tea, or tinted aquamarine by glacial dust, Alaska’s freshwater supply is so abundant the numbers are hard to comprehend.
Alaska Science Forum: Happenings North of the Arctic Circle
Checking in with an active Arctic community: musk oxen, lynx, and trees are on the move.
Alaska Science Forum: Marching from Cordova Down the Yukon in One Summer
Recalling the three-man US Army expedition that put Interior Alaska on the map, literally.
Alaska Science Forum: Midwinter Rain-on-Snow a Game Changer
A crust of ice is aggravating for moose, lethal for their calves, inconvenient for smaller mammals, yet a boon to wolves. Interior Alaska may have to get used to it.
Alaska Science Forum: Plastic Rain in Southeast Alaska
A Juneau researcher presented findings to the American Geophysical Union fall meeting of microplastic particles collected in rain samples, likely blown in from the ocean.