Ned Rozell, UAF Geophysical Institute
What killed the world’s giants?
Scientists have found thousands of bones of extinct horses, along with the hardened remains of lions, giant short-faced bears, mammoths and mastodons.
Alaska Science Forum: Fuzzy memories of a real Alaska cold snap
Late January 1989 featured a low temperature of minus 76 degrees, just four degrees off Alaska’s (and America’s) all-time low of 80 below zero.
Alaska Science Forum: A whale of a mammoth tale
The youngest mammoth fossil ever found in mainland Alaska is from a creature that died 13,000 years ago.
Glaciers made of rock, ice and bear scat
The grizzly hadn’t seen my dog or me, so I yelled and waved my arms. The bear stood, looked in our direction for three...
Craig George’s remarkable northern legacy
I was sad to learn recently that Craig George was missing and presumed dead when a raft he was floating upon hit a logjam...
Feet on the ground right after the big one
On March 27, 1964, California geologist George Plafker was attending a research conference in Seattle when news came of a big earthquake in Alaska.
“It...
Adopted mammoth fell 15,000 years ago
A few days ago, Mat Wooller had news about a woolly mammoth my friend LJ and I “adopted” last October.
“You’ve got one of the...
The ups and downs of washboard roads
While driving Alaska’s graveled highways, people sometimes wonder how an unpaved road can turn into a bed of corduroy.
Keith Mather had the same question...
Pound for pound, Alaska mosquitoes pack punch
In mid-June, while standing deep within the northern boreal forest, it’s possible to feel a sensation similar to one felt in mid-December at the...
A teenager and her unusual bird
Hazel Sutton was eating lunch on an island at Tanana Lakes Recreation Area in Fairbanks with her family recently when a bird caught her...
