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  • A woman in a gray and purple parka and brown knitted cap stands in front of farmland backed by a bay with mountains in the background

    Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

    November 21, 2025

    Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway. San Roman was part of a group from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension who spent a week in September with farmers, producers and researchers from Earth's circumpolar regions.
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  • Pillars of light rise above a snowy field.

    As the dark season begins, more light

    November 20, 2025

    It's November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where you're leaving your bootprints on the planet.
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  • The research vessel Sikuliaq navigates Resurrection Bay on the way to its homeport at the Seward Marine Center in 2020.

    Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica

    November 20, 2025

    The research vessel Sikuliaq will begin a long journey to Antarctica this week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. The ship, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since 2014, has largely been used in waters around Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. Starting early next year, the vessel's duties will temporarily shift to Antarctica for the first time.
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  • A person wearing protective gloves dabs blue-tinted herbicide on the trunk of an invasive chokecherry tree

    2026 pesticide applicator classes set

    November 20, 2025

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training workshop is scheduled for Jan. 27-29, with a second workshop planned for April 21-23. The workshops are led by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide.
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  • UAF expands structural testing capacity

    November 18, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has installed powerful new load frames in the High Bay Structural Testing Laboratory, giving researchers the ability to simulate full-scale stresses on buildings, utilities, and other northern infrastructure. Led by the Arctic Infrastructure Development Center, this upgrade strengthens Alaska's only high-bay facility capable of replicating permafrost settlement, freeze-thaw impacts and seismic forces.
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  • A person stands on a snowy forested hilltop looking down at a piece of equipment partially buried in snow.

    UAF study: Seismic data can identify aircraft by type

    November 18, 2025

    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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø scientists shows.
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  • A green light beam from the new lidar

    New lidar advances atmospheric science at UAF research site

    November 14, 2025

    A new science tool at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø research center in Gakona will advance understanding of Earth's middle and upper atmosphere regions.
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  • A couple in winter jackets poses for a picture.

    Red aurora is a rarity

    November 14, 2025

    Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in Portland, Oregon. He asked a Fulbright student from Norway named Tone to the Portland Symphony that night.
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  • Beaver dam complex in northern Alaska

    UAF study links beaver expansion to faster Arctic thaw

    November 13, 2025

    The climate-driven spread of beaver ponds in Alaska's Arctic accelerates the effects of a warming environment by causing pond-adjacent permafrost to thaw and by increasing the amount of liquid water present during winter.
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  • A man kneels on the ground next to freshly planted saplings, flanked by farm equipment.

    Georgeson Botanical Garden begins forest succession project

    November 13, 2025

    The Georgeson Botanical Garden is working to expand the garden's public area with a path winding through a newly planted forest, providing visitors with a tranquil nature trail. The expansion represents the beginning of a long-term vision to transform an 8-acre piece of land into a native boreal forest.
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  • Two people walk through a nighttime landscape with snow and buildings illuminated by colored lights.

    Holiday events bring festive cheer to UAF campus

    November 12, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø will host a variety of holiday events throughout November and December, offering chances to shop locally, enjoy student and community art and take in the sights and sounds of the season.
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  • A combine harvests oats in a field under a colorful sky

    2025 Delta Harvest Wrap-Up highlights the year in agriculture

    November 12, 2025

    An update on the 2025 year in Alaska agriculture and summaries of research progress on soils, grains and weeds will highlight the annual Delta Harvest Wrap-Up in Delta Junction. The free annual wrap-up brings together Alaska's agricultural researchers with local farmers to provide updates on their various projects.
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  • An unusual triple whammy of solar outbursts, including one scientists call a cannibal, began hitting Earth this afternoon and is likely to bring the curtain up on spectacular aurora performances starting tonight.

    Triple solar blast sets stage for active aurora show

    November 11, 2025

    An unusual triple whammy of solar outbursts, including one scientists call a cannibal, began hitting Earth this afternoon and is likely to bring the curtain up on spectacular aurora performances starting tonight.
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  • A person wears a gray T-shirt with a green stylized crab and the words if you see this crab, report it.

    Webinar highlights efforts to document, defend against invasive crab

    November 11, 2025

    Tammy Davis, invasive species coordinator with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will lead a free webinar on the invasive European green crab, including its distribution, threats to Alaska's nearshore environments and how Alaska partners are addressing the invasion. The webinar is hosted by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Cooperative Extension Service.
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  • Two portraits of people wearing suits

    Former ambassadors to discuss Ukraine, diplomacy at UAF event

    November 10, 2025

    The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø will host a free public event focused on diplomacy and the war in Ukraine on Friday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. in the Davis Concert Hall on campus. The event, "Diplomatic Dialogue: A Conversation on Ukraine," will feature a discussion between former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William "Bill" Taylor and UAF Interim Chancellor and former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs Mike Sfraga.
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