Published Oct 17, 2023 by Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - A team of international scientists has compared climate data with a decade old projection and the results show a large loss of near-surface permafrost by 2100.

Love it or hate it, we are surrounded by permafrost, at least for now.

Some new research from international collaborators, including UAF scientists, suggests that 93 percent near-surface permafrost could be gone in less than 80 years. That’s an estimate for global permafrost loss, not just Alaska. This would leave near-surface permafrost in high arctic latitudes only.

Published Oct 16, 2023

Last Friday, Peak Trust Company ("Peak Trust") joined the College of Business and Public Policy (CBPP) at the University of Alaska Anchorage to open the doors to the First National Bank Finance Lab. This new and innovative space comes at a celebratory time for CBPP, as the College celebrates its 50th anniversary. The Lab will support Alaska's workforce development to ensure a thriving finance and accounting sector state-wide for years to come.

Peak Trust Company, founded in Anchorage, also marked a recent anniversary. After celebrating 25 years in business, Peak Trust announced a $50,000 donation for the development of this meaningful university project. Made possible by the Horejsi Charitable Foundation, the gift is designed to enhance the Finance Lab through state-of-the-art technology equipment, hi-tech furnishings, hardware, software, and subscription services.

Published Oct 16, 2023 by Arielle Ingram-David

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The University of Alaska Fairbanks is spearheading a study that will look into climate change’s impact on Western Alaska.

“It’s a really big project. It actually includes four universities,” said Dr. Chris Maio, an associate professor of coastal geography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. “And the University of Alaska Fairbanks is kind of the umbrella organization that will be running it.”

Thanks to a $13.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation recently awarded to the Alaska Coastal Cooperative for Co-producing Transformative Ideas and Opportunities in the North, also known as AC³TION, UAF will be able to work with other universities and the eight Western Alaskan communities to help address some of the environmental issues that each community is facing.

Published Oct 16, 2023 by Alaska Native News

Analysis of a massive database of pink salmon DNA has revealed unexpected details about the abundant salmon species, including its ability to return to spawn at nearly the same spot within streams as their parents.

Samuel May, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, led a project that reviewed genetic data from over 30,000 pink salmon. The effort taps into an ongoing study in Prince William Sound in Alaska that has collected DNA samples from pink salmon carcasses since 2011. The Alaska Hatchery Research Program samples pink salmon in 30 streams, including five where they attempt to collect samples from every salmon returning to spawn.