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UAF drones enter the hot zone to make volcano research safer
April 11, 2025
The four-propeller drone sitting briefly on a rocky and dusty surface in Central America in early March had an impressive diameter of nearly 7 ½ feet. This small speck had a big and innovative mission: sample gas escaping from the soil of an active volcanic crater about a half a mile wide and about 1,000 feet deep, one of Earth's largest.
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The adaptable, continental great horned owl
April 10, 2025
The knee-high owl known for its "plumicorns" -- tufts above its ears that resemble horns -- haunts every forested bit of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
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ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ climate report: Record low maximum Arctic sea ice
April 09, 2025
Winter's sea ice extent in the Arctic set a new record low as it peaked March 22, according to the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Climate Research Center's monthly report.
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Kick off the Fairbanks gardening season with hands-on workshop
April 08, 2025
Get your hands dirty and learn about starting seedlings indoors before the outdoor growing season begins. At a workshop, Mallory Smith of the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will share her top tips and tricks for cultivating healthy seedlings.
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New assessment shows gain of coastline from receding glaciers
April 08, 2025
New research gives a detailed look at the extent to which receding glaciers in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere are creating new coastline and how that newly exposed terrain is behaving.
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Free webinar covers the topic of cover crops
April 08, 2025
Learn about the different kinds of cover crops and their uses in a free webinar led by University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks soils scientist Caley Gasch.
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The great hollow of Minto Flats
April 03, 2025
Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin -- Minto Flats -- is big enough to swallow Denali, if the big mountain happened to stumble in here and fall.
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UAF's annual Science Potpourri set for April 12
April 02, 2025
The annual Science Potpourri returns to the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks on Saturday, April 12. Designed to spark children's curiosity about the sciences, this free all-ages event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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Launch of third NASA rocket completes complex aurora mission
April 01, 2025
The third and final NASA sounding rocket in a mission to better understand how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere launched at 1:33 a.m. Saturday and dispersed white vapor tracers high over central ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
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Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed
April 01, 2025
Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.
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Museum family programs highlight trees in April
April 01, 2025
Family programs at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.
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Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
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Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks-led study.
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Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
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Journalism, the First Amendment and covering Trump
March 28, 2025
A roundtable of journalists and University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Fairbanks faculty members will discuss the media's role as President Donald Trump seeks to remake the federal government and punish perceived enemies in the press and judiciary.
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