Message From a Lonely Alaska Island
In 2012, an 85-year-old scientist and his son-in-law pulled a cylinder of muck from a faraway island. They carried it home like a newborn baby, froze it, and mailed it to a researcher across the country.
Science
UAF and Partner Institutions Awarded $1.3 Million to Study the Rapidly Melting Malaspina Glacier
The rapidly melting Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park could create a new ocean bay, one feature in what may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States.
Stantec to Partner on Arctic Research Support Contract for the National Science Foundation
The ten-year project will support NSF-funded studies in one of Earth’s most remote and challenging environments.
A Bad Night in a Good Box
Early in his career, on a wet, windy, foggy night, Guy Tytgat checked into the loneliest hotel in the Aleutians. His room was four feet wide and five feet tall, made of fiberglass, and perched on the lip of a volcanic crater.
New UAF-Designed Device Sanitizes Masks for First Responders
The GI Machine Shop worked closely with Jeff Rothman to fabricate the UV lightbox and refine details.
Salmon across Alaska Getting Smaller, Impacting People and Ecosystems
A study published in the journal Nature Communication shows that body sizes are declining in four species of Pacific salmon because the fish are returning younger than they used to.