The National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to the University of Alaska to investigate climate change effects on culturally and commercially important marine species in the Gulf of Alaska. Interface of Change is the sixth five-year, multimillion dollar project directed by the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, a statewide program administered at the University […]
Toolik Field Station has partnered with the new Polar Research Infrastructure Network to boost international collaboration in polar science. The project, coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, will increase international access to 64 field stations, vessels and other polar research facilities across Europe, the Americas and Antarctica. Researchers from the U.S. will be […]
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have released a study of options to greatly reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation in Alaska’s Railbelt region by 2050. Researchers with UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power analyzed four scenarios that use a combination of upgraded transmission lines, hydro projects, wind, solar and battery capacity: Business as usual: Relies […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), welcomed the announcement that the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) was selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lead a consortium of U.S. academic institutions and other partners for a new Center of Excellence focused on Arctic research. The […]