Rod Boyce
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Alaska Defense Forum 2026 focuses on community-military ties (opens the original)
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Leaders in national defense, research and policy will gather with local partners this week in Fairbanks for the annual Alaska Defense Forum organized by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Alaska Defense Forum brings experts together to strengthen Alaskaâs role in national defense and address shared challenges as the Arctic takes on increasing geopolitical significance. It has a strong focus on the relationship between local communities and the military. This yearâs theme, âReadiness i
Uncorking the secrets of a tiny bottle of volcanic ash (opens the original)
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I opened the living room window in our rented Anchorage waterfront condominium on what began as a mild mid-August day in 1992. I donât remember what I was expecting when I looked across Cook Inlet that evening, but it wasnât my face being speckled with volcanic ash. Mount Spurr, 78 miles west of our living room window, erupted at 4:42 p.m. Aug. 18. By 7:45 p.m., its ash cloud had spread nearly 200 miles southeast and reached almost 9 miles high, darkening Anchorage more than two hours before
World War II sparked creation of Geophysical Institute (opens the original)
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As presidential bill signings go, H.R. 6496 wasnât a particularly exciting one for the nation on July 31, 1946. But it would prove historic for the University of Alaska and the future state. It was the day that President Harry Truman signed legislation creating what today is the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. The institute is now recognized as a global leader in Arctic research. Friday marked the instituteâs 80th anniversary. The Congressional Record entry for H.R. 649
Unusual seismic signal detected in 2025 central Alaska earthquake (opens the original)
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An unusual seismic signal recorded less than a minute before a widely felt magnitude 4.2 earthquake in central Alaska may have given scientists a rare look at how earthquakes begin. Reliable observations of activity seconds to minutes before an earthquake occurs are rare. Thatâs what makes the Aug. 20, 2025, event special. Analysis led by graduate student researcher Amanda McPherson at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute revealed a very-low-frequency earthquake of magnitud
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