While temperatures of 40 below zero might send most of us to our couches, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge biologist Mark Ross grabbed his recorder and some water.
Science & Tech
Genetic technique brings biologists closer to solving beluga mystery
Researchers have found a way to determine the ages of living Cook Inlet belugas using skin samples.
Alaska scientists are teaming up to make the state a leader in hunting new COVID strains
Alaska already sequences a large proportion of its positive coronavirus tests compared to other states, but officials say they’re aiming to do even better.
Researchers ask for more Indigenous input in national Arctic science initiative
The National Science Foundation’s Navigating the New Arctic initiative looks at the effects of a warming climate on Arctic communities. But some in the field believe NSF isn’t doing enough to involve Indigenous people who live there.
St. Paul Tribal Government lands federal tech training grant
Historically, local jobs in the STEM field have not gone to St. Paul residents — a problem the project manager says the grant could help with.
In a Fairbanks lab, Alaska scientists search for the new, more contagious coronavirus strain
It’s unlikely the state will be able to keep the new COVID-19 strain from getting to Alaska and taking hold here, said Dr. Tom Hennessy, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the University of Alaska Anchorage’s College of Health.