AVÀÇÂÛ̳

Webinar to discuss holiday food safety

December 10, 2024

Learn how to keep yourself and your family safe in a free online presentation given by Leif Albertson, a health, home and family development agent with the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Albertson will summarize the proper cooking, cooling and reheating practices for keeping dishes and families safe.

Arctic Report Card spotlights caribou, seals and carbon

December 10, 2024

According to the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released this week by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration and co-authored by ten University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks scientists, warming is affecting caribou populations, heat-trapping gas releases and many other parts of the ecosystem.

Join OneTree AVÀÇÂÛ̳ to celebrate solstice under a full moon

December 09, 2024

Enjoy a beautiful evening in OneTree AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s birch grove under the full moon just before the winter solstice. Between 3:30-7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, participants can learn about the long-term monitoring of birch trees in the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks T-field and celebrate the tree stewardship that supports OneTree's mission.

AVÀÇÂÛ̳ continues to change, fast

December 06, 2024

With his eyes on AVÀÇÂÛ̳ weather and climate for many years, Rick Thoman saw a need for a recent update on what is happening within America's largest state.

Nanook skiing hosting historic on-campus races

December 05, 2024

For the first time in decades, the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Nanooks ski teams are set to host races on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.

December museum programs explore winter

December 05, 2024

The University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Museum of the North will focus on winter themes during family programs in December.

Study reveals mammoth as key food source for ancient Americans

December 04, 2024

Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that ancient Americans relied primarily on mammoth and other large animals for food. Their research sheds new light on both the rapid expansion of humans throughout the Americas and the extinction of large ice age mammals.

Study shows ancient human, canine relationship

December 04, 2024

Humans are no strangers to sharing their food with their dogs: Look no further than the average American dining room. As it turns out, that's been the case for millennia.

NASA-funded project looks for answers about aurora's energy

December 03, 2024

Most electrons that create the aurora have a moderate amount of energy, but scientists want to know more about how electrons on either side on that scale -- more and less energy -- affect the electrical properties of the ionosphere, the part of Earth's upper atmosphere that is ionized by the sun.

'AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s Changing Environment' -- a new report

December 03, 2024

AVÀÇÂÛ̳ released a new report this week highlighting environmental changes and extremes that impact AVÀÇÂÛ̳ns and their livelihoods. "AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s Changing Environment" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information on topics ranging from temperature and precipitation changes to salmon and polar bears.

Make wreaths, holiday ornaments with OneTree AVÀÇÂÛ̳

December 02, 2024

Join OneTree AVÀÇÂÛ̳ for an afternoon of making holiday wreaths and ornaments using tree boughs and other materials in the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) studio at 1850 Tanana Loop E. on the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus.

The secret life of red squirrels

November 27, 2024

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups.

King salmon declines linked to climate, smaller size

November 26, 2024

Researchers at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks linked the king salmon population declines to reduced body size and extreme climate conditions in the ocean and in rivers.

Chef Amy to discuss healing and AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native traditional foods

November 25, 2024

Join the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and chef Amy Foote for a lunch and learn session titled "Finding Healing in AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Traditional Foods." Foote is director of cuisine for NANA Management Services and formerly was the executive chef at the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Medical Center in Anchorage.

UAF enhances Seaglider technology to measure carbon dioxide

November 25, 2024

Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate change. Researchers at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks and their industry partners have advanced the technology available to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean.

Explore the physics of snow in statewide webinar

November 22, 2024

Learn about snow physics and how snowdrifts form -- and why it is possible to walk on a snowdrift - in a statewide webinar hosted by the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service.

Earthquake scientist moving on after 30 years

November 22, 2024

One Sunday more than 20 years ago, Natalia Ruppert held her 1-year-old son a bit tighter in her arms. A friend's house had started shaking with an intensity she had never felt before.