Snow is melting early across much of Alaska this year, threatening snow removal companies in Anchorage and even moving the Iditarod starting line hundreds of miles north. It could also mean a big wildfire season for parts of the state. akpub.io/4i3xjOb

Alaska EPSCoR Fire & Ice Boreal Fires team researchers Peter Bieniek Uma Bhatt and coauthors warn that early snow melt is connected with a warm spring and a big fire season.

Alaska’s glaciers are melting faster than anywhere else, new report finds. akpub.io/3ESEURf

Support Alaska Science Olympiad on #UAGivingDay (March 25–27)! Every dollar you donate will be TRIPLED up to $5,000, thanks to Brian Rasley. Help expand STEM opportunities for students across Alaska. #49HoursForAlaska ➡️ Share, donate, and make an impact! bit.ly/ScienceOlympia…

UA Giving Day is here! 🎉 Support Alaska Science Olympiad and have your donation tripled by UAF professor Brian Rasley! ‼️Donate now: bit.ly/ScienceOlympia… Use #49HoursForAlaska for a chance to win an Alaska Airlines voucher! 🛫 #UAGivingDay #AlaskaScienceOlympiad

🌱 Interface of Change Seed Awards now open! 🌱 Funding available for research, student research, education, & broadening participation projects expanding upon Interface of Change goals. 🗓 Apply by 5 PM AKDT, May 30, 2025. Info: alaska.edu/epscor/opportu…

✈️Alaska EPSCoR’s Interface of Change project is offering up to $2,500 for spring travel to present at a conference or attend a training. Open to students, staff & faculty from any Alaska higher ed institution. Apply by 5 PM AKDT, April 18! Info: alaska.edu/epscor/opportu…

Red seaweed fieldwork is underway for the Interface of Change project! 🌿✨ 🧪Samples of red ribbon (Devaleraea mollis) & red stiff ribbon (Palmaria hecatensis) are collected March through June at two red seaweed harvest sites near Haines, AK. #phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday

Want to learn about mariculture and marine environmental science research happening in Valdez? Catch the 3rd annual Prince William Sound College Environmental Sciences Symposium May 2 in person at the main PWSC campus in Valdez or online via Zoom. More info: pwsc.alaska.edu/pwsc-news/pwsc…

📅 Deadline reminder: Applications for our professional development travel awards are due this Friday, April 18 at 5 p.m. AKDT! alaska.edu/epscor/opportu…

🌱Have a great idea for community-based research or education in the Gulf of Alaska? Apply for one of our Interface of Change seed awards by May 30! 👇 Missed our 'how to apply' webinar? Watch the recording. ▶️ youtu.be/9n5N0L-xLoA

A bug in our code is making the clams way too tiny! The Data Visualization Team is developing a new VR game where the player digs for clams on the beach like our team of researchers. Download the most recent stable version of the game here: alaskaepscor.itch.io

Juneau CFOS UAF MS student Lindsay Meyer, UAF Mariculture Lab tech Maribel Vera, and their field team "snap freeze" red seaweed samples on dry ice immediately to preserve them for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for metabolomics analysis. #PhycologyFriday #fieldworkfriday

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🦪🎈 We threw a Kachemak Bay bivalves party this year for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Arctic Research Open House! #AROH #AROH2025 #UAF #ArcticResearch #NanookNation

The red seaweeds near Haines are getting bigger! 😍 #phycologyfriday #fieldworkfriday

📢 Call for Artists: Coastal Transitions 🌊 Alaska EPSCoR and In a Time of Change are inviting artists to apply for a new 2-year art-science collaboration, Coastal Transitions. The deadline to apply for artist residencies is Aug. 29, 2025. itoc.alaska.edu

Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change researchers are studying clam ecology in Kachemak Bay in partnership with the Seldovia Village Tribe. This week, SVT environmental scientists Katrina Hecks and Stephen Payton are sampling clams at a beach near Seldovia. #FieldworkFriday

Now that the red seaweeds team completed their first year of field sampling, grad student Lindsay Meyer is visiting UAA to work with postdoc Monica Brandhuber on assessing the metabolomics of red seaweeds that were grown in different environmental settings! 🌿🔬

3-year #PhD #student #fellowships are available through UAF CFOS for prospective students who have received the distinction of #NSF EGFP Honorable Mention. Fellowships begin in May or Aug. 2026. The application window is open now through Jan. 15, 2026. uaf.edu/cfos/academics…