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The worst fire year we can remember
May 27, 2022
In a gorgeous warm May this year, we have not yet sniffed the bitter scent of flaming spruce. When we do, some of us will think back to a year that still haunts us.
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Food preservation workshops set for Kenai Peninsula communities
May 26, 2022
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will host a series of food preservation classes, including one about canning fish, and offer other services in Homer and Soldotna in June.
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UAF team lauded for innovative home design
May 25, 2022
Using shipping containers and energy-efficient techniques, a team of University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks students has created a prize-winning new design for rural ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ housing construction.
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Local firefighters to conduct exercise on UAF campus
May 24, 2022
Firefighters from four local fire agencies will be on the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks campus on Friday, May 27 from noon - 4 p.m. for a wildland firefighting exercise.
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UAF makes ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's first large drone flight from international airport
May 23, 2022
An unmanned aircraft owned and operated by the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks flew from the general aviation area of Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday. The flight was the first civilian large drone operation from an international airport in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
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University, partners deploy carbon dioxide-sensing underwater glider
May 23, 2022
ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ has a new tool for tracking ocean acidification -- a 7-foot-long, bright pink Seaglider. The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks and its commercial partners are the first U.S. team to measure carbon dioxide, the driving factor in ocean acidification, with an unoccupied underwater vehicle.
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UAF hosts international remote sensing symposium
May 23, 2022
More than 100 scientists and policymakers from around the circumpolar North gathered at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks last week for the 16th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium
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Music in the Garden series begins May 26
May 19, 2022
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Music in the Garden concert series will kick off on May 26 at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, offering 12 weeks of family-friendly performances throughout the summer.
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Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
May 19, 2022
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologist Heather Best stepped into the Yukon River. She held a 3-foot portion of grader blade. Running along the blade was river-measuring tube secured by hose clamps.
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Really Free Market returns to UAF on May 21
May 16, 2022
The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks will host the Really Free Market recycling event on Saturday, May 21, in the parking lot next to the Lola Tilly Commons.
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's big river breaks up at Eagle
May 13, 2022
Breakup happened on the Yukon River at Eagle, the river's first settlement as it flows into the United States, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
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Annual UAF Arctic Research Open House set for May 19
May 12, 2022
Come learn about the incredible research happening at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks during the 2022 Arctic Research Open House from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, May 19.
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Hunga volcano eruption provides an explosion of data
May 12, 2022
The massive Jan. 15, 2022, eruption of the Hunga submarine volcano in the South Pacific Ocean created a variety of atmospheric wave types, including booms heard 6,200 miles away in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ. It also created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance that arrived at Pacific shores sooner than the actual tsunami. Those are among the many observations reported by a team of 76 scientists from 17 nations that researched the eruption's atmospheric waves.
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Cooperative Extension workshops get underway in Southeast
May 06, 2022
Juneau-based Cooperative Extension agent Sarah Lewis will travel to remote Southeast communities in her family's cruising trawler to hold classes this month.
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Awaiting river breakup on the Yukon
May 05, 2022
Andy Bassich lives on the south bank of the Yukon River, about 12 miles downstream from Eagle, ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, the first community in America along the largest waterway in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
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