Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles (4.6 million square kilometers), tying 2008, 2010, and 2025 for the 10th-lowest minimum in the satellite record. […]
Previously burned areas have played a major role in limiting the spread of wildfires across Alaska’s boreal forest, according to new research led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Ben Gaglioti. Gaglioti, a researcher with the Water and Environmental Research Center at the UAF Institute of Northern Engineering, and his collaborators examined 568 instances between […]
Alaska’s drone research program successfully completed a 1,000-kilometer test flight carrying human blood samples for the International Testing Agency, which investigates doping by athletes at the Olympics and other major sporting events. The 8-hour, 47-minute flight by the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration aimed to show that unmanned aircraft can rapidly deliver blood […]
Kennecott has been spruced up quite a bit since my last visit there nearly 30 years ago. Even so, many crumbling buildings remain. Some have been shored up by the National Park Service, which now manages the site as Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. A few other buildings have been […]