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Fairbanks Air Earns Unwanted Ranking

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Dec 2, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Fairbanks Air Earns Unwanted Ranking

Fairbanks’ air quality issues began in 1901, when shallow water grounded a gold rush entrepreneur. That August day, when a hired steamship could take them no farther up the Chena River, E.T. Barnette and his wife found themselves deposited on a sandy shoreline in the middle of Alaska. Gold miners soon found Barnette had sacks […]

Scientists Plan Study of Northern Cities’ Air Quality

By Josh Hartman | Geophysical Institute on May 29, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Scientists Plan Study of Northern Cities’ Air Quality

Atmospheric scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have launched an effort to better understand urban air quality problems in northern cities. During the next few years, Bill Simpson and Jingqiu Mao of UAF’s Geophysical Institute hope to join international researchers on a large-scale field study to understand the chemistry behind air pollutants in Arctic […]

Denali Air still Pristine, with a Few Specks

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Mar 8, 2015   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Denali Air still Pristine, with a Few Specks

Fairbanks’s air turns bitter every winter as we fill it with woodsmoke and other things, but just down the road Denali National Park has the clearest air measured among America’s monitored national parks. Scientists at Colorado State University have taken a close look at Denali air as captured near the park entrance. A monitor there […]

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