A new spectrometer facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will let researchers see chemical components of materials in the parts-per-trillion range, advancing environmental science across Alaska. The UAF International Arctic Research Center will build the facility with $877,501 over three years from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Ocean Sciences. The award will enable the purchase […]
“For two decades,” said one of the report’s authors, “it has documented conditions across the Arctic system, bringing together physical and social sciences with real-world observations/data and consistent updates.” The Trump administration has reportedly decided to yank federal funding from an annual National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report that examined the state of the Arctic, which is warming significantly […]
AWI researchers have, for the first time, been able to measure how much carbon from thawing soils remains in the ocean and how much is released into the atmosphere. Their findings revealed that microorganisms are picky gourmets. Permafrost in the Arctic stores large quantities of organic carbon. When the frozen ground thaws or coastal sections […]
As presidential bill signings go, H.R. 6496 wasn’t a particularly exciting one for the nation on July 31, 1946. But it would prove historic for the University of Alaska and the future state. It was the day that President Harry Truman signed legislation creating what today is the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The […]