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The great hollow of Minto Flats
April 03, 2025
Within a vast bowl bordered by blue hills, I rolled along on a trail scratched into ice by snowmachines. That deceptive basin -- Minto Flats -- is big enough to swallow Denali, if the big mountain happened to stumble in here and fall.
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UAF's annual Science Potpourri set for April 12
April 02, 2025
The annual Science Potpourri returns to the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ on Saturday, April 12. Designed to spark children's curiosity about the sciences, this free all-ages event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. in the Reichardt Building on the Troth Yeddha' Campus.
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Launch of third NASA rocket completes complex aurora mission
April 01, 2025
The third and final NASA sounding rocket in a mission to better understand how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere launched at 1:33 a.m. Saturday and dispersed white vapor tracers high over central ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ.
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Control strategies for pretty, but invasive, orange hawkweed
April 01, 2025
Don't be fooled by orange hawkweed, a dainty little orange flower that can take over your pasture, lawn or wildflower garden. In a free statewide webinar, learn how orange hawkweed's biology makes it so invasive and how to use that biology to control it.
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Museum family programs highlight trees in April
April 01, 2025
Family programs at the University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Museum of the North will focus on trees during April.
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Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
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Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ-led study.
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Workshop discusses science behind selecting vegetable varieties
March 31, 2025
Learn about the hardiness, yield and taste of different varieties of 10 common garden vegetables during an in-person workshop in Delta Junction.
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Journalism, the First Amendment and covering Trump
March 28, 2025
A roundtable of journalists and ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ faculty members will discuss the media's role as President Donald Trump seeks to remake the federal government and punish perceived enemies in the press and judiciary.
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Learn the basics of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ gardening in workshop series
March 28, 2025
Grow your gardening knowledge in this series of 11 weekly webinars covering the basics of growing vegetables in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ. Casey Matney, the Kenai-based agriculture and horticulture agent with the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Cooperative Extension Service, will lead the free classes.
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Snow's absence and welcome presence
March 28, 2025
Rick Thoman noted in a recent report that the paucity of 2024-2025 snowfall in Anchorage and other Southcentral ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ locations may be unprecedented in the era of modern records.
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UAF donors contribute $812,373 during Giving Day 2025
March 27, 2025
More than 1,100 ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ supporters donated $812,373 during the fifth annual UA Giving Day event March 25-27. The event set another participation record for UAF, with 1,150 donors making gifts to more than 80 scholarships, programs and initiatives over the course of 49 hours.
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'ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's Changing Wildfire Environment' report updated
March 27, 2025
The ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ has released an updated report highlighting recent wildfire trends in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, their impacts to humans and wildlife, and how science can improve wildfire management decisions. "ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's Changing Wildfire Environment 2.0" provides people with timely, reliable and understandable information in a visually appealing and concise format.
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Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected
March 25, 2025
Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere.
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Making sense of ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's changing environment
March 25, 2025
Changes in ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ's environment are evident all across the state, but the details vary greatly. In a webinar hosted by the Anchorage office of the ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ Cooperative Extension Service, UAF climate specialist Rick Thoman will share a broad overview of observed changes around ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ, from snow and ice to heat and wildfire.
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