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On the Trails: Variable sightings and weather in winter
Winter is an odd time of year here.
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Planet Alaska: A float house named Sea Pig
“I’ve always had a fascination with float house life.”
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On the Trails: Breaking out the snowshoes
Surprise! A starlit night, a nice day, lower temperatures, and then some lovely snow.
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Alaska Science Forum: Butterflies and ravens as poetic inspiration
Both poets and scientists are deep observers who interpret the world in different ways.
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On the Trails: The many roads to red
Red and reddish colors can be produced in many ways, by a variety of pigment molecules.
Neighbors
Slack Tide: There’s more to Valentine’s Day than chocolate and disappointment
Find out how much more.
Neighbors
Coming Out: Amjad Ali Khan in Wisconsin
Jim becomes Johnny becomes Jane. It’s all one song.
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Alaska Science Forum: Making sense of raven talk
Do we really want to know what ravens are saying about us?
Neighbors
Living & Growing: Stumbling toward success
I’m enjoying the trying, and that’s success to me.
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On the Trails: Putting a finer point on porcupines
Plants such as roses and devil’s club aren’t the only prickly ones…
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I Went to the Woods: Either or, probably not both
It’s really difficult to double-major both in college and in life.
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On the Trails: A green world
Five decades ago, some well-known ecologists looked around and noted that their terrestrial world was very green. Why…
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Alaska Science Forum: Magnetic declination and finding the moon
Dan Joling of Anchorage was set to photograph the full moon rising over the Port of Anchorage on…
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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s small glaciers are on the way out
Even optimistic projections show half of glaciers gone by end of century.