Predicting snow loads: How a UAA research team helping create safer structures
In Alaska during the late 1970s, there was a major effort to predict snow loads across the state which would help civil and structural...
Preparing for invasive species in the Bering Sea
Invasive species have devastated marine ecosystems in the Lower 48 but, thanks to its icy waters, the Bering Sea has been largely unaffected. So...
Beavers slapping tails on far-north waters
Animals the size of Labrador retrievers are changing the face of Alaska, creating new ponds visible from space.“These guys leave a mark,” UAF ecologist...
Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Native Americans
NEW YORK — DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the...
Scientists seek US backcountry skiers to measure snowpack
ANCHORAGE — America's space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick.NASA's earth science arm is funding...
Salmon is on the menu for Lake Clark’s wolves
Deep within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, staff at a remote ranger station on the north shore of Telaquana Lake noted something amiss....
Spring break on ice
Feeding sled dogs under a starlit sky. Biking 40 miles to a backcountry lodge. Piloting a snowmachine along the Iditarod Trail.These are not typical...
Scientists seek to identify Alaska’s mystery mushrooms
“We have so much work to do,” ecologist Kate Mohatt said. “It’s a continent-wide project aiming to identify every species of mushroom-producing fungi in North America, because, believe it or not, we’re not even close to having done that yet.”
NPFMC takes up crab rebuilding plans
Harvesters of shellfish in the Bering Sea are facing a second year of multi-million-dollar losses with the demise of Bristol Bay red king crab,...
Local Catch Network forms bonds between small boat harvesters
Several dozen small boat harvesters, marketing directors, researchers and fisheries consultants concluded a seafood summit at a Southcentral Alaska ski resort on Monday with optimism spurred by networking to resolve the challenges facing their industry.
