Wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope were more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study recently published in the journal Biogeosciences. The study was conducted in Arctic Alaska by an international team of researchers from Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania and the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Toolik Field […]
Instruments typically used to detect the ground motion of earthquakes can also be used to identify the type of aircraft flying far overhead, research by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists shows. That’s because aircraft sound waves also shake the ground, although to a much lesser extent. An aircraft’s type — a Cessna 185 Skywagon, for […]
The growing Kachemak Bay mariculture industry and a booming population of local sea otters appear to have a surprisingly uneventful relationship, according to a new University of Alaska Fairbanks study. The study, published recently in The Journal of Wildlife Management, focused on otters around a handful of oyster farms in the area, comparing their actions to […]
A new icing tower at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute will help aerospace engineers figure out how to enable drones to fly safely in icy weather. That’s important as Alaska accelerates an effort to use drones for deliveries to remote communities and for emergency response in harsh weather conditions. The Alaska Center for […]