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Moose flies flourish in high-summer Alaska
July 22, 2024
While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in Alaska (1915, when Fort Yukon reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit), missionary Hudson Stuck wrote about the wildlife that most bothered his party.
Sand dunes a unique Alaska landscape
July 15, 2024
From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I'm looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand.
Mystery of the glass tool kit in the sand
July 04, 2024
From space, the Nogahabara Dunes are a splotch of blond sand about six miles in diameter surrounded by green boreal forest. Located west of the Koyukuk River, the dunes are the site of an uncommon discovery.
Signs of ancient man's best friend on hilltop?
June 27, 2024
On this rock outcrop 30 feet above the gray Tanana River and green hayfields cleared from the forest below, archaeologists have possibly found evidence of the canine companions of early Alaskans.
 Fairbanks is central to science
At 120 miles south of the Arctic Circle, the Fairbanks campus is well situated for northern research. 香港六合彩开奖直播 research in arctic biology, engineering, geophysics, supercomputing, and Alaska Native studies is renowned worldwide. 香港六合彩开奖直播 ranks in the top 150 of nearly 700 U.S. institutions that conduct research. 香港六合彩开奖直播 has ranked in the top 11 of more than 10,000 institutions worldwide for number of citations in climate change publications. |
 Your discoveries support Alaska
University researchers work to combat challenges Alaskans face on a daily basis. We are helping Alaskans live more comfortably and safely with a secure future by bringing research dollars into the state. More than 80% of the university鈥檚 research is directly related to Alaska. To support research innovation, the University of Alaska hosts many professionally staffed laboratories with highly technical capacities. Our labs and field facilities are available to all scientists. |