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New Funding will Improve Alaska Volcano Monitoring Network

By Josh Hartman | Geophysical Institute on Aug 24, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

New Funding will Improve Alaska Volcano Monitoring Network

The Alaska Volcano Observatory will upgrade its volcano monitoring network throughout Alaska due to a $12 million budget increase through the U.S. Geological Survey. The observatory, a joint program of the USGS, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, will replace aging equipment and increase staffing in an […]

Kilauea Volcano Provides Hot Research Opportunities

By Josh Hartman | Geophysical Institute on Jul 6, 2018   Featured, Science/Education  

Kilauea Volcano Provides Hot Research Opportunities

Though Kilauea Volcano is more than 3,000 miles away, researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are helping study the ongoing eruptions there. “When there is a big eruption crisis like this, the (U.S. Geological Survey) pulls their own people from all sorts of different volcano observatories,” geophysics professor Jeff Freymueller said. “A number of […]

Scientists Plan Study of Northern Cities’ Air Quality

By Josh Hartman | Geophysical Institute on May 29, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Scientists Plan Study of Northern Cities’ Air Quality

Atmospheric scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have launched an effort to better understand urban air quality problems in northern cities. During the next few years, Bill Simpson and Jingqiu Mao of UAF’s Geophysical Institute hope to join international researchers on a large-scale field study to understand the chemistry behind air pollutants in Arctic […]

Using Microwaves to See through Clouds

By Josh Hartman | Geophysical Institute on Aug 11, 2017   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Using Microwaves to See through Clouds

The most common types of satellite images are only able to see the “top” of the sky — if it is a cloudy day, the satellite will only be able to see the tops of the clouds. For weather forecasters studying sea ice, this can be a large problem. “Consider if you were riding a […]

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