UAF Geophysical Institute

Join us at the free UAF Arctic Research Open House for a special screening of short documentary-style films, among many other GI research group activities! These films are co-produced by the GI Education Outreach team with Alaska communities to showcase science as we actually know and live it. Come for one film or stay for them all! Settle in with a bag of popcorn as the lights dim for a journey through Alaska. 🍿 📅 Thursday, May 14 ⏱️ 4–7 PM 📍 Elvey Building Auditorium 2156 Koyukuk Dr, University of Alaska Fairbanks 4:15 PM & 5:45 PM - Ch’oondaii eenjit Gwanzhįh: Medicinal Plants Learn how the land provides for the health of its people and explore the beauty of the Yukon Flats. Co-produced with the community of Fort Yukon. 4:30 PM & 6 PM - Dooyks ada Aks: Currents and Tides Discover why understanding currents and tides matters in a coastal community. Co-produced with the community of Metlakatla. 4:45 PM & 6:15 PM - Kangirciluku Imaq: Understanding the Ocean Witness the close relationship between an island community and the ocean that provides for it. Co-produced with the community of Kodiak.

It's difficult to grasp the scale of the Aug. 10, 2025, tsunami in Tracy Arm, Southeast Alaska. Fortunately, no fatalities or injuries were reported from that event. A team of scientists, including from the Alaska Earthquake Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has included several animations in their analysis of that landslide and tsunami. Their research was published today in Science Magazine and was led by the University of Calgary. You can explore the animations and other features at our Tracy Arm landslide StoryMap. https://lnkd.in/gvWjjiXq

Glacier quakes. That's what those humongous chunks of ice crumbling off a glacier create when they crash into the ocean. Studying the history of those earthquake-like signals can reveal how a glacier has changed over time. That's what new research by a University of Alaska Fairbanks team at the Alaska Earthquake Center, UAF Geophysical Institute and UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics shows. Their work focused on Alaska’s Columbia Glacier. What they found revealed a lot about that glacier's past. The method can now reveal more about other glaciers. https://lnkd.in/gXvzKcRu

Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have launched a three-year effort to develop a new system to remotely detect and assess ground vehicles and low-flying aircraft, including drones. The Army Research Office is providing $500,000 in funding for the project, which is led by the UAF Geophysical Institute’s Wilson Alaska Technical Center. Scientists at the center are researching how to use microphones and seismometers together to detect vehicles and aircraft. #infrasound #drones University of Alaska https://lnkd.in/gzTzkTRH

Everyone likes to see a rocket soaring high, flames pushing it upward. In the Fairbanks region, people enjoy watching NASA sounding rockets launch from Poker Flat Research Range north of town. What people don’t see is what happens afterward. The pieces and parts of these suborbital rockets fall back to Alaska’s landscape. Someone has to go find them. Check out the video below and our interactive story about Poker Flat’s rocket recovery program. Interactive story: https://lnkd.in/gBvCKVDp The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat Research Range, located at Mile 30 Steese Highway, and operates it under a contract with NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, which is part of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Flight Center near Washington, D.C.

“Landfast ice is the ice that is used by people. It has a much more immediate connection with humans.” That’s research professor Andrew Mahoney of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute on the importance of sea ice that is attached to Arctic coastlines. A new installment of ongoing research shows the amount of landfast sea ice continues to decline. University of Alaska https://lnkd.in/gmRJexxB

Here's another example of the power of synthetic aperture radar. Research by scientists at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute reveals much more about how Alaska's glaciers react to a warming environment. https://lnkd.in/gdU_Zda4

2025 in Alaska was one of the warmest in a century, the Alaska Climate Research Center reports in its year-end summary. The Alaska Climate Research Center, part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, released its 2025 summary in late January. University of Alaska https://lnkd.in/e7Mig2iJ

What an effort. Three missions with four rockets launched in a tight schedule at Poker Flat Research Range. It doesn't happen without a skilled crew. And that's what Poker Flat has. "The team at Poker Flat is amazing," Poker Flat Deputy Director Kyle McAllen said. For launch lovers, check out this final video roundup of each of the recent launches. Congratulations, Poker team! Well done. The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute owns Poker Flat, north of Fairbanks, and operates it under a contract with Wallops Flight Facility, which is part of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. University of Alaska Virginia Tech Dartmouth College https://lnkd.in/gux4adsm

Another success for the ACUASI! The Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration completed a test drop of three medical payloads by separate parachutes at Nenana Municipal Airport on Jan. 23 using one of their new Windracers ULTRA MK1 aircraft. Read on to learn more about this test by the nationally recognized University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute drone industry development program. And watch a cool video of the test, too. ACUASI, through UAF, is one of seven unmanned aircraft systems test sites established by the Federal Aviation Administration to develop and test drone technology. UAF photos and video by Bryan Whitten https://lnkd.in/gcbJqvmD