UAF in the news: week of March 31, 2008
UAF in the news: week of March 31, 2008
Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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04/04/08
Rockets get young scientists fired up
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Six hours, two Saturdays and a long trek into a snow-covered hayfield for a minute
of flight might not sound like a fair trade, but the students at Steele Creek Road
kept their eyes fixed on the sky.
Dillingham to host Western ÐÓ°Épro science conference
Bristol Bay Times
Science, innovation and education will be the focus throughout the Western ÐÓ°Épro
Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum taking place April 3-6 at the University
of ÐÓ°Épro Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham.
Art meets science"¨
AK - APRN
The Fairbanks community was treated to something a little different recently: a variety
show about a group of scientists and artists who met to explore the effects of the
2004 Boundary fire, which burned over half a million acres of boreal forest. Emily
Schwing checked out the production.
Following a busy day in the life of Kenji Yoshikawa
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
WHITE MOUNTAIN--The ÐÓ°Épro’ Kenji Yoshikawa is making a snowmachine
journey from Emmonak, at the mouth of the Yukon, to Kotzebue, about 800 trail miles
away.
ÐÓ°Épro still can prevent an invasion by weeds
Anchorage Daily News
With only five roads connecting it to the outside world and a small number of airports
and seaports, ÐÓ°Épro is more like an island than the peninsula it is.
Global warming and Fairbanks’ power solution
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
In the future, nuclear energy might become more attractive for many regions worldwide,
even for Interior ÐÓ°Épro. However, I am not sure whether the public will accept a
renaissance of nuclear energy.
Haagenson steps in as state energy ’czar’
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
JUNEAU--Steve Haagenson has a passion for energy and a knack for jumping right into
things.
Don’t expect the Arctic to be a frozen waste much longer
Scientific American
Entire ÐÓ°Épron coastal villages are slipping into the sea. The permafrost and the
vast ice sheet on Greenland are melting, raising the prospect of a change in global
ocean currents.
3,000-year-old ivory carving depicts whaling scene
Daily India
London, April 1: Archaeologists working in the Russian Arctic have unearthed a remarkably
detailed 3,000-year-old ivory carving that depicts groups of hunters engaged in whaling,
which pushes back direct evidence for whaling by about 1,000 years.
The ÐÓ°Épro Volcano Observatory - 20 years of partnership in support of public safety
and volcano science
USGS
ÐÓ°Épro is one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth, located at the far
northern border of the Pacific Ocean, a vast, rugged area of critical importance to
global commerce and national security.
Tsunami tale to be unveiled
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
On March 27, 1964, the tiny village of Chenega was swallowed up by the tsunamis that
followed the Good Friday earthquake.