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The latest installment of the art and science collaborative known as In a Time of Change is currently on view at the Fairbanks Arts Association’s Bear Gallery in Pioneer Park. The collaborative process enhanced interaction among artists to create works that re-imagine the boreal forest in the new exhibit called “Boreal Echoes.”
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University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have documented the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from dry uplands of thawing permafrost. The discovery is adding to global climate change concerns.
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Scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have mapped out where a prehistoric mammoth spent her life in what’s now Canada and Alaska and found evidence of human hunter camps in many of the same places.
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An article by Fairbanks writer Amy Loeffler is featured in the prestigious national anthology Best American Food Writing, released next week.
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A large part of the Denali Park Road is closing tomorrow so scientists can collar bears. The big landslide that closed the road in Denali National Park and Preserve could be changing the way animals live in the Park.
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The National Weather Service’s Fairbanks office has redrawn the boundaries of its forecast zones around northern Alaska in an effort to provide more accurate weather outlooks and advisories.
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Hibernation scientists at University of Alaska Fairbanks have invited colleagues and students from around the world to a workshop in Fairbanks. They reviewed each others’ findings indoors last week, and will head up to Toolik Lake Research Station in the Brooks Range this week for outdoor lab work.
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Near-real time satellite data provided by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is helping state and federal agencies fight wildfires ignited by last week’s thunderstorms.