With a $56,462 grant from the National Science Foundation (award #1360839), the Alutiiq Museum will extend its Naken–Natmen (Where From–Where To) language project for an additional year. First funded in 2014, the multi-year project improved access to Alutiiq language resources by developing an online archive of Alutiiq recordings, creating an Alutiiq speaker registry, and planning […]
Photo: This is a 2009 phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Sea. Cloud seed bacteria may feed on phytoplankton. CREDIT: NASA, Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center WASHINGTON – New research finds Arctic Ocean currents and storms are moving bacteria from ocean algae blooms into the atmosphere where the particles help clouds […]
Free Tool Helps Teachers, Students Understand The Earth An enormous earthquake, the most powerful ever recorded, rocked southern Chile on May 22, 1960 and created a tsunami that raced across the Pacfic Ocean. As giant waves rippled outward, they sped along the shore and bounced back and forth off islands, battering Chile with […]
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have linked specific chemical signatures found in human hair with a diet of traditional Yup’ik foods. The finding could help scientists make connections between diet and long-term health trends in Alaska Native populations. The study was published this month in the Journal of Nutrition. The researchers examined the diets […]