The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, donated 30 fire extinguishers to the Gakona Volunteer Fire Department in August. When staff at the Geophysical Institute last year assumed responsibility for administration of HAARP, the new managers decided there were more of the 5-pound CO2 extinguishers than needed. “We’re going […]
Despite the high hopes of scientists and stargazers around the world, Comet ISON did not survive its close encounter with the sun on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2013.
October temperatures were above normal across the state throughout the month with all 20 first order stations reporting positive deviations. The only day with a negative divergence occurred October 1. The month’s peak deviation was 15.5 degrees Fahrenheit, which coincided with a storm impacting Southcentral and the Interior on the 28th
The National Geographic Society has named University of Alaska Fairbanks geophysics assistant professor Erin Pettit as one of their Emerging Explorers for 2013.