Novel approach to study fish DNA collected from water samples enables researchers to estimate biomass of multiple Alaska fish species simultaneously. Around the world, standard ways to measure fish abundance and biomass to manage commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries rely heavily on deriving estimates from fish caught in research surveys and commercial fishing nets and […]
A meteorologist from the National Weather Service’s local office recently told a newspaper reporter that heavy, wet snow would materialize in a few days. He said it would resemble “cement falling from the sky.” Three days later, I grunted to lift a shovel blade full of heavy slush. How did that weatherman call this from […]
The U.S. economy ended 2023 on a positive note, most economists seem to agree. Growth is up, jobs numbers are strong, and inflation is at a three-year low. “Overall, it’s been doing really well. The GDP has been growing. We didn’t have the recession that a lot of us have been anticipating,” says Selcuk Eren, a senior […]
I think many Alaskans believe that as summer progresses, this current virus is going to disappear, and we will be frolicking through the grass with our friends and all will be well. This is not true. Many of the hardest-hit regions of our country have temps and humidity that far outstrips the extent of […]