A proposal to cover Arctic sea ice with layers of tiny hollow glass spheres about the thickness of one human hair would actually accelerate sea-ice loss and warm the climate rather than creating thick ice and lowering the temperature as proponents claim. Sea ice, by reflecting the majority of the sun’s energy back to space, […]
Researchers have devised a method to determine the impact of climate change on the supply and variability of local renewable energy. An increase in unusual weather patterns related to climate change means the demand for power and the availability of solar, hydro and wind energy can all become more variable. The method by researchers at […]
On St. Paul Island, in the Bering Sea about 300 miles from Alaska’s coast, the still-powerful remains of Typhoon Merbok passed overhead, churning up the ocean and rolling across the landscape on a path to the Alaska mainland. As the storm hit the small island, three University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers, two graduate students and […]
The room at Delta Junction Junior High School would look busy even without the nine students zipping around. The buzz from the kids just added to that busy-ness. Nick Adkins easily got their attention, however. He was visiting to teach them some things about drones — and not only the small quad-copters these kids are […]