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A tsunami surges into a coastal Thai village on Dec. 26, 2004.
Mapping Tsunamis, Building Trust
While taking a quick shower before her son’s fourth birthday party on Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami scientist Elena Troshina heard the phone ring. Deciding it was worth jumping out, she picked it up — … more
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Photo: Alternate access route to Root Glacier.
New Route Restores Trail Access to Root Glacier 
Visitors can once again safely access Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve using a newly established trail reroute. National Park Service employees, with assistance from … more
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Flying for Science (and the Occasional Sled Dog)
A Cessna 185 zigzagged a tight back-and-forth pattern along Alaska’s southern coast earlier this summer, the pilot intent on his mission to measure the ocean's response to summer glacier melt. … more
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Attendees of the Arctic ACTION Workshop pose for a photo after plucking greater white-fronted geese — “niġlivik” in Iñupiaq — harvested by a local hunter to be made into soup. ACTION co-leaders Chris Maio (arms spread) and Shauna BurnSilver (middle, holding right goose wing) joined in the processing.
A New Arctic Partnership
  UTQIAĠVIK, ALASKA — Colorful sticky notes and creased agendas fluttered to the floor as 40 or so people grabbed phones and rushed to the long series of windows. A polar bear had been … more
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From left, Steve Dykstra, Eli Goez and Evan Joyce prepare to deploy instruments to collect data at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in summer 2024.
Research Team Seeks Answers from a Changing River
Dan Gillikin surveyed the view from his front window and didn’t like what he saw. The Aniak River , which runs alongside his house, was a jumble of car-sized chunks of ice. Breakup on the … more
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Rod Boyce stands in front of David Newman’s chalkboard sketch made during a discussion of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion.
Mind-Bending Science for this Science Layman
“It’s like science class every day.” That’s what I often say when asked about my work as one of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute’s science communicators, each … more
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Ruby takes a deep inhale of some fresh green grass.
Time Capsule: The World According to a Dog’s Nose
Note: This Alaska Science Forum “Time Capsule” article was originally published on Sept. 28, 2023. You may see a few more of these — as well as new guest authors — over the summer as we … more
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Ned, Kristen and Anna Rozell at the UAF Gold Ceremony on May 1, where Ned was awarded Science Writer Emeritus.
This One's for You, Ned!
It’s been a big spring for now-former Alaska Science Forum author Ned Rozell. While biking 515 miles from his home in Fairbanks to Unalakleet on the western Alaska coast, he received three … more
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Paul Salopek, a writer who has been walking around the world for more than a decade, strides along the bear-footed beachfront near Malaspina Glacier in August 2025.
Meeting Deadlines and Interesting People
The deadline has been my quietly relentless muse for the last 30 years. She used to give me headaches. But then I met her so many times that the headaches stopped.   But here’s a … more
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Forest Wagner rides his fat bike near Bishop Rock, right, a pinch point on the flow of the Yukon River, on April 5, 2026.
Bishop Rock’s Oversized Effect on Breakup
A few weeks ago, as my friend Forest and I rode our bikes on the vast white sheet of the frozen Yukon River downstream of Galena, the river forced us into a 90-degree hard left. There, the channel … more
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An open channel in the Kennicott River, April 16 2026. The river opened suddenly, and earlier than usual.
Kennicott River Floods Early in the Spring
Early on Thursday morning, April 16, 2026, David (Rowland) looked out his window overlooking an upper section of the Kennicott River and saw blue over the whole river. A few minutes later, I awoke to … more
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Image created with Google Gemini.
Opinion: Time To Get Drastic About Plastic
In 2015, more than 500 locals signed a petition urging local vendors to stand up against single use plastic by charging a 20-cent fee for each bag, hoping that this change would greatly reduce the … more
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Old Woman Cabin on the Kaltag-Unalakleet portage trail from the Yukon River to Norton Sound was a resting place for two fatbikers slowed by mushy snow.
Biking Trail Ends at the Western Coast
UNALAKLEET — Alaskan science writer Ned Rozell completes the 515-mile fat bike trek from Fairbanks to Unalakleet. more
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Image created with Google Gemini.
Legislators Hope to Mandate Tighter PFAS Regulations
Editor’s Note: This story has been shared via the Alaska News Coalition Story Share Exchange. There are some details specific to the Haines area in the story. We chose to run the full story because … more
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Moose In My Yard by Powhusku. Image License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
Upper Lynn Canal Collared Moose get a Tech Upgrade
Alaska Department of Fish and Game staff tagged 13 moose in the Chilkat Valley last week. But those tags are different from the ones they’ve been putting on moose for the last seven years. … more
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Ned Rozell rides a plowed winter road on the Yukon River that allows cars and trucks to drive between Manley Hot Springs and the village of Tanana in the winter.
Rolling Through a Blank Spot on the Map
RUBY — Beneath a bulbous waxing moon, we roll along on a ribbon of packed snow. The clear river ice beneath our tires is four feet thick. That ice we can’t see is the crystal memory of … more
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Snow bunting
Tales from the Tundra: The Winged Heralds of a Long-Awaited Spring
This morning, March 16, we saw our first snow buntings of the year outside the Glennallen Fish & Game office! The flurry of small white birds with black backs and wingtips was deceptive amid the … more
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Eagles sit above the roller of a midwater trawler parked in Dutch Harbor.
VHS Alum Advocates for Sustainable Fishing Practices
Valdez High School alumnus Joshua Duong, in partnership with non-profit organization Salmon State, presented on the effects of industrial trawling on February 11 at the Valdez Civic Center. While … more
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Alaska Goldpanners baseball team mascot Happy Boy (aka Chris Carlson of Fairbanks) poses in front of the University of Alaska Fairbanks temperature sign on the morning of March 1, 2026.
Alaska Writer Buckling Under Pressure
Thirty below again this morning. OK then. Time to reach for the baseball bat and fine-tune the weather station. Just kidding. But it’s been quite a winter in the Golden Heart of Alaska. … more
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Environmental Project Manager Josh Solomon (Left) and Construction Program Manager Daniel Wilson (Right) of ChemTrack present to the community in Tazlina.
Community Hears Phase II Findings on Former Tazlina Laundromat Site
Residents gathered on February 24 to hear the results of a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment of the former Tazlina Laundromat property, a long-vacant building just south of the Native Village of … more
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