birch – Page 2 – Alaska Native News

UAF Research Looks for Prime Time to Harvest Firewood

By Debbie Carter | UAF on Aug 16, 2019 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Photo: Jessie Young-Robertson demonstrates how a device measures tree water content. The UAF ecologist is using the data to help the best times of year to harvest firewood. UAF photo by JR Ancheta While studying how trees take up snowmelt and rainwater, Jessie Young-Robertson noticed dramatic seasonal variations in the water content in the trees, […]

Invasion of Redpolls Sends Seeds Flying

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jan 30, 2019 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Why, a friend asked, are there so many birch seeds on top of the snowpack in Fairbanks? A day later, the answer hit me in the head. As I walked through the forest, I looked up just in time to get peppered with frozen specks from above. Redpolls, finches that fit in the palm of […]

« Previous 1 2