A new report by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers reveals the energy burden for Fairbanks North Star Borough residents to be drastically higher than the Lower 48. Energy burden, as defined in this report, is the percentage of annual income spent on residential energy services such as space heating and electricity. The energy consumption and […]
When Katey Walter Anthony heard rumors of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, ballooning under the lawns of fellow Fairbanks residents, she nearly didn’t believe it. “I ignored it for years because I thought ‘I am a limnologist, methane is in lakes,’” she said. But when a local reporter contacted Walter Anthony, who is a research […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday afternoon, Governor Mike Dunleavy visited Fairbanks and signed four pieces of legislation addressing health care, timber sales, military affairs, and motor vehicles. Each bill was sponsored by a member of the Alaska Legislature’s interior delegation. House Bill 104 creates a new category of timber sales, called expedited timber sales, for state […]
Spend an afternoon in the fields of the Fairbanks Experiment Farm with researchers and learn about the agriculture-related science happening at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Fairbanks Research Field Day, 2-6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30, is a free educational event for farmers, community leaders and the general public. UAF researchers will cover topics such […]