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National Science Foundation funds diverse collaborators to study Arctic change
November 02, 2021
The National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs recently funded the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and six other institutions to synthesize what is known about the changing Arctic environment and its consequences.
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November museum programs explore animals in art
November 01, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring animals in art during family programs in November.
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Bus 142 to embark on final journey
October 29, 2021
In a cavernous room within the university's new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time in its eventful existence.
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Alaska's volunteer weather army needs you
October 22, 2021
Alaska's volunteer weather army needs participants
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Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind
October 22, 2021
In northern Alaska, an amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.
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Arctic melt ponds hold climate clues for ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ MOSAiC scientist
October 20, 2021
Melinda Webster, a research assistant professor at the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Geophysical Institute, has been busy with her MOSAiC expedition research.
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Red aurora rare enough to be special
October 14, 2021
Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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Museum of the North to host Halloween activities
October 14, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North invites families to explore the museum this Halloween season.
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Juday awarded George B. Fell Award
October 13, 2021
Glenn Juday, ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ professor emeritus of forest ecology, has received the George B. Fell Award from the national Natural Areas Association.
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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ joins national air quality research with Interior Alaska site
October 07, 2021
A site near Delta Junction will be the Alaska location in a $12 million multi-state project to determine the content of airborne particulate matter.
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Space rocks streak through the Alaska sky
October 07, 2021
In late September, people on the Kenai Peninsula and in Anchorage noticed a white streak slashing the black night sky. Some even heard a boom.
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Stampede Trail bus moves to ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ engineering building
October 07, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North has moved Bus 142, made famous by Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild" and the 2007 film of the same name, to the university's engineering building in Fairbanks.
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Sikuliaq wraps up weeks of Arctic Ocean research
October 04, 2021
A cruise led by a ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ researcher to investigate the origin of the Arctic Ocean's Amerasia Basin has concluded after more than seven weeks.
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October museum programs explore bones
October 04, 2021
The University of Alaska Museum of the North is exploring the theme of bones during its family programs in October.
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Fluorescent bill may be seabird's neon sign
October 01, 2021
The crested auklet's beak -- the color of a tangerine -- is so bright a scientist thinks it may be fluorescent.
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