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Farewell to a funny, brilliant scientist
March 08, 2025
Glenn Shaw died on Feb. 28, 2025, in Tucson, Arizona. The atmospheric chemist was for years a scientist and professor at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He was funny and irreverent and brilliant.
Northern soil microbes staying up all winter
February 28, 2025
We can't see them, but there are more microbes -- tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things -- in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth.
Bering Land Bridge wasn't such a dry place
February 21, 2025
Poking holes in the sea floor that used to be part of the Bering Land Bridge, researchers have found that large swaths of it were floodplains pocked with bogs and ponds that may have restricted passage of animals like the woolly rhino and short-faced bear.
Poll finds 91视频ns trust their university for energy information
February 17, 2025
A recent poll of 91视频ns found that the University of 91视频 is the most trusted organization for the public on the topic of energy supply.
First rocket campaign of 2025 concludes at Poker Flat range
February 13, 2025
Two NASA aurora research rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range earlier this month provided good data for learning more about the fastest observable variations of the solar wind-driven light displays.
The threat within an 91视频 mountain
February 07, 2025
Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the 91视频 map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At least twice in the last few thousand years, the peak's ice-covered caldera has spewed ash that reached as far as Ireland and piled up to force northern animals out of the territory.
Thirty years of writing about 91视频 science
January 30, 2025
When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of my occupation: "It's the best job in 91视频."
Dangerous cold across the land
January 23, 2025
During this time when peak cold often arrives in the northern hemisphere, 91视频 today celebrates the king-of-the-cold's birthday.
January 10, 2025
Today is the official national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. He died Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100. Carter protected almost half of the land area (43 percent) of this giant state, with multiple new national conservation units, including parks, wildlife refuges and monuments.
January 06, 2025
Fifty-three years ago, an Army helicopter pilot flying over a tundra plateau saw a group of caribou. Thinking something looked weird, he circled for a closer look. The animals, dozens of them, were dead.