Mathematicians have devised a way of calculating the size of a tsunami and its destructive force well in advance of it making landfall by measuring fast-moving underwater sound waves, opening up the possibility of a real-time early warning system. The sound waves, known as acoustic gravity waves (AGWs), are naturally occurring and can be generated […]
Sprouting from your head at the rate of more than three inches a year, hair is a recorder of the things you eat and drink and where you ate and drank them. An Ottawa-based researcher once assembled a countrywide database of Canadians’ hair designed to help the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. With a likable partner […]
[wds id=”11″] Image 1-John Wright stands next to his 1979 panoramic photo of the Porcupine caribou herd in the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Photo by Ned Rozell. Image 2 and 3-Cropped and uncropped image of the Porcupine caribou herd captured in July 2017 by Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist […]
In the scientific world of high-tech research and data modeling, it’s easy for a scientist to get caught up in the details of science. However, University of Alaska Fairbanks research assistant professor Andrew Mahoney is on a team dedicated to taking a step back and thinking about science through a broader lens. The project, Ikaaġvik […]