LTER has been archived for about a year now. It’s normal between solicitations. LTER is still here.

Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid 🍽️

Instead of chasing down prey, Vampyroteuthis infernalis uses sticky filaments to feed on “marine snow”—a flurry of dead plankton, poop, mucus, and other organic material sinking from the waters above.

Dive in: youtu.be/JgytSJNKrkE?...

Fairbanks February snowfall as of 3pm AKST Monday up to 32.4 inches (82.3cm), making this the second highest February snow total on record. Highest is still 43.1 inches (109.5cm) in February 1966. #akwx #Climate #Snow @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social @coyotetrail.bsky.social

The State of Alaska Legislature honored the 65th Anniversary of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

Happy Birthday 6️⃣5️⃣ to the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences @uafairbanks.bsky.social! 🧪🌊🦑🎈 #AlaskaSky

These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth

Fantastic zooms on this siphonophore! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 898 #livingbioreactors #MarineLife

🚨 Requesting help:

I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists

I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Please signal boost?

Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with....

"... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥

Infographic titled "What causes an aurora's colors?" It explains that solar wind particles follow Earth’s magnetic field to the poles, where they excite atmospheric atoms that emit light as they relax. Red light occurs above 150 miles from oxygen. Green light appears between 60 and 150 miles from oxygen. Blue and purple occur below 60 miles from nitrogen. Yellow and pink are color mixes. A map shows auroral zones expanding during solar storms.

Did you spot the aurora earlier this week?

This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/...

#Chemsky 🧪

OpenCTD rev7 Kit This kit contains all of the components and most of the consumables you will need to build you own CTD. Not included are the weights needed to...

I have 2 OpenCTD Rev7 Kits left! I am working on getting out the final designs for Rev8, so I don't plan to restock the Rev7s.

If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while!

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The West before the West. Our January 2026 issue, Deep Time in the West, dives into geologic mysteries—from ancient rocks and Ice Age survivors to Meteor Crater, plate tectonics, and the landscapes (and people) shaped over millions of years. Out now.

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I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”

As you plan end of the year donations, please consider the Caleb Scholar's program. It is the only program that I know of that provides Alaska Native students how to use their education to support their community after graduation, mentored & run solely by Inupiaq

www.calebscholars.org/donation/

Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING

HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?

HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?

HOW??????????

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

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🌊 If you want to help Alaska’s small villages devastated by the flooding then this is the best legit site using a QR code. Here’s another legit donation link too from Alaska Community Foundation: Click to donate here:
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#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood

These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.

I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.

people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things

There is nothing inherently wrong with the Earth 400k years ago. The problem is that humans evolved to live in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. The same goes for the animals and plants that we love and love to eat. Climate change is pain for everyone.

Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.

Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science

go.nature.com/4mzL1KV

Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...

Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For @defector.com, I went digging:

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.

Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.

Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?

I just opened this book and the third epigraph actually made me laugh out loud. I’m excited to dig in!

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.

Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.

To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.

www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...

What gets me is that we have the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement to illustrate exactly how unjust conditions are when states and school boards are in charge of our civil rights

New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...

Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.

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