Venus Study is Finalist in NASA’s Discovery Program

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Venus Study is Finalist in NASA’s Discovery Program

  Venus was once Earth-like and maybe even habitable. Why is it so different from Earth now? This week NASA announced its selection of four finalists in its Discovery Program competition, and one of the selected groups hopes to help find an answer. UAF Geophysical Institute research professor Robert Herrick is a member of the science team for […]

Permanent Arctic research facility under discussion

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Permanent Arctic research facility under discussion

The logistics of doing research in the Arctic are challenging and complex. Travelling hundreds of miles through tundra, sometimes in temperatures well below freezing, to collect data in one of the most extreme environments in the world requires careful planning.  The difficulties could be cut down significantly if better infrastructure was in place. There are […]