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  • In between mountains, a broad column of smoke rises from a evergreen forest just beyond a highway lined with buildings.

    ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ continues to change, fast

    December 06, 2024

    With his eyes on ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ weather and climate for many years, Rick Thoman saw a need for a recent update on what is happening within America's largest state.
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  • a cross-country skier skis

    Nanook skiing hosting historic on-campus races

    December 05, 2024

    For the first time in decades, the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Nanooks ski teams are set to host races on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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  • Four children peer out of a simulated bear den.

    December museum programs explore winter

    December 05, 2024

    The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Museum of the North will focus on winter themes during family programs in December.
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  • Artist's watercolor reconstruction of Clovis behaviors around 13,000 years ago. Two women, one holding an infant, consume mammoth meat near a hearth. A man in the foreground is working on stone projectiles. In the background, several adults butcher a juvenile and an adult mammoth. Several large dogs, similar to huskies, beg for meat.

    Study reveals mammoth as key food source for ancient Americans

    December 04, 2024

    Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that ancient Americans relied primarily on mammoth and other large animals for food. Their research sheds new light on both the rapid expansion of humans throughout the Americas and the extinction of large ice age mammals.
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  • A person sits at the bottom of a square hole dug in the ground. He is holding an animal jaw bone.

    Study shows ancient human, canine relationship

    December 04, 2024

    Humans are no strangers to sharing their food with their dogs: Look no further than the average American dining room. As it turns out, that's been the case for millennia.
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  • Image shows layers of Earth's atmosphere

    NASA-funded project looks for answers about aurora's energy

    December 03, 2024

    Most electrons that create the aurora have a moderate amount of energy, but scientists want to know more about how electrons on either side on that scale -- more and less energy -- affect the electrical properties of the ionosphere, the part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is ionized by the sun.
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  • Aerial shot of a landslide that washed out homes and a section of highway.

    'ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ's Changing Environment' -- a new report

    December 03, 2024

    The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æns and their livelihoods. "ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ's Changing Environment" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information on topics ranging from temperature and precipitation changes to salmon and polar bears.
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  • A boy peers through a circular wreath made with shiny bows and tree boughs

    Make wreaths, holiday ornaments with OneTree ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ

    December 02, 2024

    Join OneTree ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths and ornaments using tree boughs and other materials in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) studio at 1850 Tanana Loop E. on the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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  • Four squirrels poke their heads in unison from the entry hole in a bird nest box made of boards and attached to a tree.

    The secret life of red squirrels

    November 27, 2024

    Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups.
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  • Young king salmon swim in the Chena River, part of the Yukon River watershed, in 2011.

    King salmon declines linked to climate, smaller size

    November 26, 2024

    Researchers at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks linked the king salmon population declines to reduced body size and extreme climate conditions in the ocean and in rivers.
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  • Two women pull potatoes in a field with farm buildings and mountains in the background.

    Chef Amy to discuss healing and ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native traditional foods

    November 25, 2024

    Join the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Native Medical Center in Anchorage.
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  • People on boat lowering metal equipment to measure carbon dioxide into ocean

    UAF enhances Seaglider technology to measure carbon dioxide

    November 25, 2024

    Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate change. Researchers at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks and their industry partners have advanced the technology available to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean.
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  • A brilliant sun shines over a hilly and snowy landscape with ski tracks shown across the foreground

    Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar

    November 22, 2024

    Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form -- and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift - in a statewide webinar hosted by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.
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  • A woman wearing an orange vest and earphones smiles while sitting in a small aircraft.

    Earthquake scientist moving on after 30 years

    November 22, 2024

    One Sunday more than 20 years ago, Natalia Ruppert held her 1-year-old son a bit tighter in her arms. A friend's house had started shaking with an intensity she had never felt before.
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  • 4-H shooting sports rifle instructor training set in Kodiak

    November 21, 2024

    Registered 4-H leaders who wish to become shooting sports instructors in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ have an opportunity to complete a two-part training course in January 2025.
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