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Science for Alaska 2025 is coming soon!

K-12 planetarium show | Jan. 28

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Full science talks, in-person and virtually | Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25

Don't miss these opportunities to learn about exciting Alaska science from University of Alaska Fairbanks experts! Visit the Science for Alaska page for more information or for virtual options.

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Monitors

Real-time data from the world around you.

Researchers

Meet the people behind the science.

Alaska Science Forum

Weekly column in cooperation with the UAF research community.

Right about now, within a shrub in southern Texas, a ruby-crowned kinglet twitches to face northward.

It’s time to start emptying the notebook following the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which happened from Dec. 9-13, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — I am once again elbow-to-elbow with thousands of scientists, at a meeting I first attended 25 years ago.

With his eyes on Alaska weather and climate for many years, Rick Thoman saw a need for a recent update on what is happening within America’s largest state.

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years.

Facilities

Research facilities at the Geophysical Institute.