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  • The West Ridge research area at the ÃÛÌÒTVnestles against frosted woodlands in November 2025. Photo by Eric Marshall

    Alaska climate report: November anything but normal

    December 11, 2025

    November brought two wildly differing snow stories to Alaska, according to the monthly summary from the Alaska Climate Research Center at the ÃÛÌÒTVGeophysical Institute.
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  • A bunch of freshly harvested carrots are washed off

    State, Cooperative Extension offer free grower safety course

    December 10, 2025

    The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the ÃÛÌÒTVCooperative Extension Service will hold a Produce Safety Alliance grower training in January.
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  • ACEP internship program builds Alaska’s next workforce

    December 10, 2025

    The Alaska Center for Energy and Power summer internship program is accepting applications for summer 2026. The program offers undergraduate interns opportunities to engage in projects in marine, geothermal or high-latitude solar energy, heat pumps, cyberinfrastructure and data analysis.
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  • The July 9, 1962, Starfish Prime explosion above the Pacific Ocean.

    Research offers defense against energized space electrons

    December 09, 2025

    Research at the ÃÛÌÒTVGeophysical Institute is advancing the ability to quickly clean up Earth's radiation belts from a flood of energetic electrons created by an extraordinary solar blast or a nuclear explosion in space.
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  • A man in a red knit cap, standing in a grassy fields with mountains and the ocean behind him, holds a dirty, white cylindrical piece of equipment, about a foot long, with an electrical cord hanging from it.

    The people behind earthquake early warning

    December 04, 2025

    When you follow scientists in the Alaska wilderness, you'll almost certainly get alder-snagged.
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  • A person uses cutters and wire to shape a tree during a bonsai workshop

    Hands-on workshop introduces ancient art of bonsai

    December 04, 2025

    The word "bonsai" means "tree in a dish or tray," and the practice invites participants to slow down and cultivate patience. A hands-on, two-day workshop sponsored by the ÃÛÌÒTVCooperative Extension Service will teach participants about the ancient art.
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  • Three people smile insides a yellow tent, inside a building. They hold a poster that reads Alaska Voices. The tent is labeled the Alaska Voices Story Telling Tent.

    'Alaska Voices' shares climate adaptation stories

    December 03, 2025

    The second season of the podcast "Alaska Voices" brings listeners into the lives of Alaskans dealing with one of the most rapidly changing environments on Earth.
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  • A shovel stands on a snowy rooftop with snow-covered cars and houses in the background.

    Anchorage researcher to discuss results of snow load survey

    December 02, 2025

    A recent survey shows 70% of Anchorage residents are concerned about heavy snow loads on roofs, and a significant number are hiring help to address these concerns. In a webinar hosted by the ÃÛÌÒTVCooperative Extension Service, Jennifer Schmidt, associate professor of natural resource management and policy at the University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, will discuss the results of the survey.
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  • A diagram shows how air movement causes wires to bounce.

    The mystery of the dancing wires

    December 01, 2025

    In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary bears in hillside dens, little things catch our attention. Like wires that move as if by magic.
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  • Headshot photo of CTC dean candidate, Kevin Alexander.

    CTC dean candidates to make public presentations

    November 25, 2025

    Kevin Alexander and Brenda Madore, candidates for dean of the ÃÛÌÒTVCommunity and Technical College, will give public presentations Monday, Dec. 1, and Tuesday, Dec. 2.
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  • A man stands in a greenhouse next to pots of wheat and barley.

    Seminar explores Alaska food independence scenario

    November 24, 2025

    A ÃÛÌÒTVprofessor will explore how Alaska might grow enough grain to supply its needs and limit reliance on imported food. The presentation by Jakir Hasan, research assistant professor of plant genetics with the ÃÛÌÒTV Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, is part of the seminar series "Circumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems."
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  • A woman in a gray and purple parka and brown knitted cap stands in front of farmland backed by a bay with mountains in the background

    Talk will share insights from circumpolar farms, cultures

    November 21, 2025

    Chelsea San Roman, a farm and research technician at the Matanuska Experiment Farm in Palmer, will share stories and experiences from the 2025 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference in Tromsø, Norway. San Roman was part of a group from the ÃÛÌÒTVInstitute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension who spent a week in September with farmers, producers and researchers from Earth's circumpolar regions.
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  • Pillars of light rise above a snowy field.

    As the dark season begins, more light

    November 20, 2025

    It's November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where you're leaving your bootprints on the planet.
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  • The research vessel Sikuliaq navigates Resurrection Bay on the way to its homeport at the Seward Marine Center in 2020.

    Sikuliaq embarks on its first journey to Antarctica

    November 20, 2025

    The research vessel Sikuliaq will begin a long journey to Antarctica this week, marking a new era for the Seward-based ship and its crew. The ship, which has been owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by the ÃÛÌÒTVCollege of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences since 2014, has largely been used in waters around Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for the past decade. Starting early next year, the vessel's duties will temporarily shift to Antarctica for the first time.
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  • A person wearing protective gloves dabs blue-tinted herbicide on the trunk of an invasive chokecherry tree

    2026 pesticide applicator classes set

    November 20, 2025

    A three-day certified pesticide applicator training workshop is scheduled for Jan. 27-29, with a second workshop planned for April 21-23. The workshops are led by the ÃÛÌÒTVCooperative Extension Service via Zoom and are available statewide.
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