Aurora expert helped expand Alaska tourism
When Syun-Ichi Akasofu walks by in the building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus that bears his name, I want to catch up...
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...
Time capsule: Mosquito molestation motivates minor migrations
The females do have a lust for blood, though, enough to alter the behavior of man and beast.
Mind-bending science for this science layman
Some of the most difficult science subjects for me to share involve things most of us can’t see, hear or touch.
If a lake drains in northern Alaska . . .
“Lakes seem, on the scale of years or of human life spans, permanent features of landscapes, but they are geologically transitory, usually born of...
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.
Dozens descend upon Alaska to measure snow
CREAMER’S FIELD STATE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL REFUGE — Five scientists have padded their way on snowshoes into the middle of this frozen swamp in Fairbanks....
1,000 miles of Iditarod trail by bike
Two staff members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently rode 1,000 miles across Alaska on bikes with tires fat as a loaf of...
Bear tracks on snow a sign of the season
Melt season is a sad time for people who enjoy the magic of snow crystals bonding so well to one another, resulting in a...
Rolling through a blank spot on the map
That ice we can’t see is the crystal memory of so many cold days of the winter of 2025-2026.
