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Alaska Science Forum: The porcupine’s winter in slow-motion
While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On…
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Alaska Science Forum: Dozens descend upon Alaska to measure snow
“We would like to be able to map the water-equivalent (in snow) globally.”
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On the Trails: Blood-eaters of the animal kingdom
Eating liquid blood is a moderately popular way of life in the animal kingdom.
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Alaska Science Forum: Stranger in a rich land of winter life
Things an Alaskan notices while standing on a road in Costa Rica…
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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.
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Alaska Science Forum: Making sense of raven talk
Do we really want to know what ravens are saying about us?
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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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Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods
More than half of those are in just four countries: India, Pakistan, Peru and China.
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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.