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Science and Technology

  • Local artists Jennifer Moss and Marianne Stolz collaborated to produce the kinetic sculpture Boreal Whispers made from elements of the Boreal Forest. The forest itself is listed as a contributor to the piece.
    Jennifer Moss
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    UAF
    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.”
  • UAF professor Katey Walter Anthony and a research technician set fire to escaping methane gas trapped beneath a frozen pond near the UAF campus in an earlier study in February 2016.
    UAF photo by Todd Paris
    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.