UAF’s Toolik Field Station in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range has partnered with the new Polar Research Infrastructure Network (PolarIN) to boost international collaboration in polar science.
A $1.9 million federal grant allows UAF to expand suicide prevention research by partnering with the Alaska National Guard and US Coast Guard.
A $9.5 million US Department of Energy grant pays for research into whether hydrokinetic turbines can provide electricity to the Yukon River village of Galena.
UAA was chosen to lead consortium of US academic institutions and other partners for a new Center of Excellence focused on Arctic research.
Warmer waters prove bad for Yukon and Kuskokwim chinooks but good for juvenile sockeye in warmer, richer lakes and freshwater streams. Will climate changes lead Yukon and Kuskokwim chinook salmon to evolve or will the rivers be overtaken by the growing sockeye population?
A two-stage NASA sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat November 8 to gather data about the solar wind’s behavior.