Researchers on the Sikuliaq have used an array of technology to survey the ocean floor of the Canada Basin and adjacent Chukchi Borderlands.
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Children born after 2020 will experience up to 7 times more extreme climate events
Heat waves will be the most prevalent extreme climate event.
Biden’s new Arctic Research appointees increase Alaska representation on commission
The U.S. Arctic Research Commission is an eight-member board that advises on Arctic policy and research priorities.
From a fossilized tusk, UAF researchers unraveled the life story of a woolly mammoth
A new University of Alaska Fairbanks study explores the life story of a woolly mammoth that lived 17,000 years ago.
Belgian woman stopping in Juneau during record-setting solo flight around the world
Zara Rutherford, 19, is attempting to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. She hopes to show other girls and young women they can fly, too. And, to inspire them to get into science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
NASA is launching a new telescope that could offer some cosmic eye candy
The new telescope, the largest and most powerful ever put into space, will travel to a lonely spot 1 million miles from Earth, where it will be able to peer out into the farthest reaches of the universe.