Researchers used high-performance computers at UAF to predict the fates of 215,547 glaciers.
"Ned Rozell"
Harry Potter Lake, once too big to see across, vanished in a day
Drained lake basins make up more than half of the Arctic coastal plain, the part of the Alaska map that most resembles Swiss cheese.
Inside Alaska trees’ decision to drop their leaves
The process is called senescence, and it happens to trees and humans alike.
Alaska waters can be teeming with giardia, as this science writer knows too well
Giardia is no joke. Just ask Ned Rozell of the Alaska Science Forum.
Water fountains in the tundra
Water held under pressure by permafrost can be a problem if we try to use it.
Citizen science meets the aurora
A scientist named Victor Hessler once made an aurora detector by driving two metal rods in the ground a few hundred feet apart and stringing a wire between them.





