Polar Gateways Arctic Circle Sunrise - Post-Conference News

• Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed
  NASA/JPL, Aug. 19, 2019

• Study Suggests Frozen Earthlike Planets Could Support Life
  A. Eisenstadt, American Geophysical Union Blogosphere, Jul. 29, 2019

• Northern Lights’ Social Networking Reveals True Scale of Magnetic Storms
  University of Warwick, United Kingdom, Jun. 24, 2019

• Astronomers See ‘Warm’ Glow of Uranus’s Rings
  R. Sanders, UC Berkeley, Jun. 20, 2019

• Multiple Former Ice Caps Buried Under Mars’s North Polar Ice
  American Geophysical Union, May 22, 2019

• What Earth’s Gravity Reveals About Climate Change
  P. Hummel, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Apr. 16, 2019

• First Results from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
  European Space Agency, Apr. 10, 2019

• Antarctic Snowfall Dominated by a Few Extreme Snowstorms
  British Antarctic Survey, Mar. 25, 2019

• Thank Earth’s Magnetic Field for Water That Gives You Life
  Australian National University, Mar. 14, 2019

• Jupiter’s Magnetic Field Could be Moving Europa’s Ocean
  B. Yirka, Phys.org, Mar. 12, 2019

• Auroras Unlock the Physics of Energetic Processes in Space
  University College London, Nov. 15, 2018

• Plants Have the Edge in the Search for Life Beyond Earth
  A. Doyle, Astrobiology Magazine, Nov. 12, 2018

• Far Fewer Lakes Below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet Than Previously Believed
  Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Nov. 07, 2018

• Europa Plume Sites Lack Expected Heat Signatures
  Planetary Science Institute, Oct. 22, 2018

• Scientists Show Polar Polynya Supported Marine Life During Last Ice Age
  Astrobiology Magazine, Sep. 29, 2018

• Organic Compounds from the Depths of Enceladus
  A. Gronstal, Astrobiology at NASA, Sep. 26, 2018

• New Research Suggest Pluto Should be Reclassified as a Planet
  SpaceDaily, Sep. 18, 2018

• Pluto a Planet? New Research from UCF Suggests Yes
  R. W. Wells, University of Central Florida, Sep. 06, 2018

• Ultima in View: New Horizons Makes First Detection of Kuiper Belt Flyby Target
  New Horizons News Center, Aug. 28, 2018

• New Kind of Aurora is Not an Aurora at All
  American Geophysical Union, Aug. 20, 2018

• Unexpected Future Boost of Methane Possible From Arctic Permafrost
  Astrobiology Magazine, Aug. 19, 2018

• Pacific Ocean’s Effect on Arctic Warming
  Carnegie Science, Aug. 07, 2018

• A Fossil Tree From Alaska’s Warm Past is Growing in Our Warming Present
  C. Wohlforth, Anchorage Daily News, Aug. 05, 2018

• Sorry Elon Musk, But It’s Now Clear That Colonising Mars is Unlikely - And a Bad Idea
  A. Coates, The Conversation, Aug. 02, 2018

• Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology
  B. Steigerwald and N. Jones, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 30, 2018

• WSU Researcher Sees Possibility of Moon Life
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 25, 2018

• Where to Search For Signs of Life on Titan
  J. DeMarines, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 19, 2018

• Europa’s Ocean Ascending
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 07, 2018

• Bacterial Survival in Salty Antifreeze Raises Hope for Life on Mars and Icy Moons
  J. Renstrom, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 04, 2018

• Molecular Oxygen in Comet’s Atmosphere not Created on its Surface
  H. Dunning, Imperial College London, Jul. 03, 2018

• New study explains Antarctica’s coldest temperatures
  National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado Boulder, Jun. 25, 2018

• Rising Bedrock May Delay Ice Sheet Collapse
  K. Langin, Science Magazine, Jun. 22, 2018

• What Saved the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 10,000 Years Ago Will Not Save It Today
  Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Jun. 14, 2018

• Breakthrough Findings on Mars Organics and Mars Methane
  Astrobiology at NASA, Jun. 06, 2018

• Dr. Claire Parkinson Elected 2018 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  The Earth Observer, May-Jun., 2018, Vol.30(3)
  Claire is an earth scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and was one of our presenters at the 2008 Polar Gateways conference.

• Revisiting Earth’s Oxygenation 2.4 Billion Years Ago
  Georgia Institute of Technology, May 28, 2018

• Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes
  Astrobiology Magazine, May 15, 2018

• Geoscientists Suggest ‘Snowball Earth’ Resulted from Plate Tectonics
  University of Texas at Dallas, May 14, 2018

• Warm Wind Melts Snow in Antarctica in Winter as Well
  Utrecht University, May 02, 2018

• In Nuiqsut, a Visit With the Northern Lights
  N. Rozell, Arctic Sounder, Apr. 27, 2018

• Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Aftermath of a Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth
  P. M. Myrow et al.,Science, Apr. 19, 2018

• Ultraviolet Radiation From Low-mass Stars Could Render Planets Uninhabitable
  A. Doyle, Astrobiology Magazine, Apr. 19, 2018

• How Tidally-locked Planets Could Avoid a ‘Snowball Earth’ Fate
  C. Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, Apr. 05, 2018

• Meet ‘Steve’, the Aurora-Like Mystery Scientists Are Beginning to Unravel
  S. Lewin, Space.com, Mar. 14, 2018

• Could Shallow Biospheres Exist Beneath the Icy Ceilings of Ocean Moons?
  C. Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 08, 2018

• The Northern Lights, the Magnetic Field and Life
  M. Kaufman, Astrobiology at NASA, Feb. 22, 2018

• Does Titan’s Hydrocarbon Soup Hold a Recipe for Life?
  L. Kaspin-Powell, Astrobiology Magazine, Feb 02, 2018

• The Scientist Who Predicted Ice-sheet Collapse - 50 Years Ago
  Nature, Jan. 30, 2018

• Europa and Other Planetary Bodies May Have Extremely Low-Density Surfaces
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 27, 2018

• Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has ‘Sea Level’ Like Earth
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 17, 2018

• Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice
  Mars Exploration Program, Jan. 11, 2018

• Which Came First: Complex Life or High Atmospheric Oxygen?
  R. Sanders, Berkeley News, Jan. 03, 2018

• Astrobiology Top 10: Could Dark Streaks in Venus’ Clouds Be Microbial Life?
  K. Cooper, Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 31, 2017

• Pinpointing the Most Remote Spot in the United States
  N. Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, Dec. 30, 2017

• Driven by Open Ocean, Arctic Continues to Warm
  N. Rozell, Geophysics Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Dec. 19, 2017

• The PI’s Perspective; Wrapping up 2017 En Route to Our Next Flyby
  A. Stern, New Horizons Mission, Dec. 06, 2017

• Antartica’s Subglacial Lakes Support Prospects For Life On Icy Moons
  K. Cooper, Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 09, 2017

• An Orbital Dance May Help Preserve Oceans on Icy Worlds
  Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 04, 2017

• Pluto’s Hydrocarbon Haze Keeps Dwarf Planet Colder Than Expected
  T. Stephens, University of California Santa Cruz, Nov. 15, 2017

• Alaska Gov. Walker Declares Disaster After Costly Fall Storm on North Slope
  N. Herz, Alaska Dispatch News, Nov. 14, 2017
  (Utqiaġvik is the new name for Barrow, Alaska)

• Hot News from the Antarctic Underground
  C. Rasmussen, NASA/JPL, Nov. 07, 2017

• Where Are All the Intelligent Aliens? Maybe They’re Trapped in Buried Oceans
  M. Wall, Space.com, Oct. 26, 2017

• In Utqiaġvik, ‘Low Sealings’ Bring a Unique Runway Hazard
  L. Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, Oct. 25, 2017

• Solar Storm Triggers Whole-Planet Aurora at Mars (Video)
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 29, 2017

• 3-D Analysis Offers New Info On Martian Climate Change, Age of Polar Caps
  Planetary Science Institute, Sep. 25, 2017

• Hope to Discover Sure signs of Life on Mars? New Research Says Look for the Element Vanadium
  B. M. Lynch, University of Kansas, Sep. 21, 2017

• Mathematics Predicts a Sixth Mass Extinction
  J. Chu, MIT News Office, Sep. 20, 2017

• New Research Suggests Mercury’s Poles Are Icier Than Scientists Thought
  Brown University, Sep. 19, 2017

• Ultraviolet Light May Be Ultra Important In Search For Life
  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Aug. 31, 2017

• As Oceans Alkalized, Life Developed Bones and Shells
  C. Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, Aug. 28, 2017

• Cassini to Begin Final Five Orbits Around Saturn
  NASA/JPL, Aug. 09, 2017

• Has Cassini Found a Universal Driver for Prebiotic Chemistry at Titan?
  European Space Agency, Jul. 26, 2017

• NASA’s New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina
  NASA, Jul. 19, 2017

• The Last Survivors on Earth
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 16, 2017

• New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto’s Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains
  New Horizons Mission, Jul. 14, 2017

• Big Repeating Molecule may be What Defines Life
  M. Kaufman, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 06, 2017

• Polar Bear’s Switch to Land Foods Showing up in Lowered Mercury Levels
  Y. Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Jun. 20, 2017

• Tides Could be Source of Heat on Icy Moons
  E. Howell, Astrobiology Magazine, Jun. 14, 2017

• Jupiter’s Complex Transient Auroras
  RIKEN, Japan, May 26, 2017

• Cosmic Muons Reveal the Land Hidden Under Ice
  J. Lunn, EoS Research Spotlight, May 23, 2017

• Cassini Finds ‘The Big Empty’ Close to Saturn
  J. Cook and P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Apr. 30, 2017

• Clair L. Parkinson Inducted into the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
  NASA/GSFC, Apr. 29, 2017

• ‘Iceball’ Planet Discovered Through Microlensing
  NASA/JPL, Apr. 26, 2017

• That Ghostly, Glowing Light Above Canada? It’s Just Steve
  J. Fortin, New York Times, Apr. 25, 2017

• Food for microbes abundant on Enceladus
  P. Voosen, Science, Apr. 13, 2017
  Hydrogen found in plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

• NASA Could Use a Miniaturized Satellite to Test Europa Moon’s Dust and Radiation
  E. Howell, Seeker.com, Apr. 10, 2017

• Enceladus’ South Pole is Warm Under the Frost
  Cassini-Huygens, European Space Agency, Mar. 13, 2017

• NASA Mission Named ‘Europa Clipper’
  NASA, Mar. 09, 2017

• Killer Whales in Once-icy Arctic Waters Are Scaring Away Narwhals
  Y. Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Mar. 03, 2017

• Meltdown
  E. Kintisch, Science, Vol. 355, Issue 6327, pp. 788-791, Feb. 24, 2017

• Does Pluto have the ingredients for life?
  E. Howell, Astrobiology Magazine, Feb. 23, 2017

• NASA’s Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase
  P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Feb. 21, 2017

• NASA Receives Science Report on Europa Lander Concept
  NASA Solar System Exploration, Feb. 08, 2017

• Study Breathes New Life Into 2.3bn-year-old ‘Great Oxidation Event’
  University of Leeds, Feb. 07, 2017

• Why the Earth’s Magnetic Poles Could be About to Swap Places - And How it Would Affect Us
  P. Livermore and J. Mounds, The Conversation, University of Leeds, Jan. 27, 2017

• Altered Arctic
  K. Kenny, Oregon State University, Jan. 17, 2017

• How a Moon Slows the Decay of Pluto’s Atmosphere
  Georgia Institute of Technology, Jan. 09, 2017

• Could Dark Streaks in Venus’ Clouds be Microbial Life?
  K. Cooper, Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 05, 2017

• Fossil Fuel Formation: Key to Atmosphere’s Oxygen?
  D. Tenenbaum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dec. 30, 2016

• Ilisagvik on track to have 4-year degree program
  S. G. Oliver, The Arctic Sounder, Dec. 16, 2016

• Loss of Sea Ice a Hallmark of 2016 Arctic Report Card
  S. G. Oliver, The Arctic Sounder, Dec. 16, 2016

• Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar System
  A. Hawkes, Astrobiology Magazine, Dec. 15, 2016

• NASA’s AIM Observes Early Noctilucent Ice Clouds Over Antarctica
  L. Tran, NASA/GSFC, Dec. 2, 2016

• Could There Be Life in Pluto’s Ocean?
  Space Daily, Dec. 2, 2016

• UI Readies for Cassini Finale
  R. C. Lewis, University of Iowa, Nov. 28, 2016

• Life Before Oxygen
  M. Schefft, University of Cincinatti Magazine, Nov. 28, 2016

• Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Nov. 22, 2016

• NASA Saturn Mission Prepares for ‘Ring-Grazing Orbits’
  P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Nov. 22, 2016

• How Much Longer Can Antarctica’s Hostile Ocean Delay Global Warming?
  J. Tollefson, Nature, Nov. 16, 2016

• Barrow sees warmest October on record
  Y. Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Nov. 11, 2016

• Sea ice shrinks in step with carbon emissions
  W. Cornwall, Science, Nov. 04, 2016

• Mystery Solved Behind Birth of Saturn’s Rings
  R. Hyodo, S. Charnoz, K. Ohtsuki, H. Genda, Kobe University, Oct. 31, 2016

• Space Weather from a Southern Point of View
  M. D. Hartinger, C. R. Clauer, Z. Xu, EoS Earth and Space Science News, Oct. 27, 2016

• Saturn’s moon Dione harbors a subsurface ocean
  Royal Observatory of Belgium, Sep. 29, 2016

• New Images Give More Proof for Europa’s Plumes
  D. Garisto, EoS/AGU, Sep. 28, 2016

• Pluto’s “Heart” Sheds Light on a Possible Buried Ocean
  Brown University, Sep. 23, 2016

• X-ray Detection Sheds New Light on Pluto
  Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Sep. 14, 2016

• Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 09, 2016

• Jupiter’s North Pole Unlike Anything Encountered in Solar System
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 02, 2016

• NASA Discovers ‘Lonely Mountain’ on Ceres Likely a Salty-Mud Cryovolcano
  B. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 01, 2016

• There’s at Least One Creature on Earth That’s Loving Global Warming
  A. Popescu, Washington Post, Aug. 22, 2016

• New Knowledge About Ancient Arctic Life is Reshaping Understanding of Dinosaurs
  Y. Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, Aug. 01, 2016

• Imaging the water snow-line during a protostellar outburst
  L. A. Cieza et al., Nature, Jul. 14, 2016

• The Outer Edge of a Star’s Habitable Zone a Hard Place for Life
  E. Howell, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 11, 2016

• NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Enters Jupiter’s Magnetic Field
  NASA, Jun. 30, 2016

• NASA Rover Findings Point to a More Earth-like Martian Past
  NASA/JPL, Jun. 27, 2016

• Super-Slow Circulation Allowed World’s Oceans to Store Huge Amounts of Carbon During the Last Ice Age
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jun. 27, 2016

• Pluto’s Heart: Like a Cosmic ‘Lava Lamp’
  New Horizons Mission, Jun. 01, 2016

• Hydrothermal Vents and Methane Seeps: Rethinking the Sphere of Influence
  L. A. Levin et al., Frontiers in Marine Science, May 19, 2016

• Tsunamis Splashed Ancient Mars
  EoS News, American Geophysical Union, May 19, 2016

• First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto’s Atmosphere
  Astrobiology Magazine, May 19, 2016

• Jupiter Moon Europa’s Ocean May Have Enough Energy to Support Life
  NASA/JPL, May 17, 2016

• An Astronaut Finds Himself in Greenland
  J. Gertner, New Yorker, May 13, 2016

• 2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System
  NASA/JPL, May 11, 2016

• Icy Hydra
  New Horizons, May 06, 2016

• Enceladus Jets: Surprises in Starlight
  NASA/JPL, May 06, 2016

• Claire Parkinson, Goddard Presenter at our 2008 Conference, has been Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  NAS, May 03, 2016

• Martian Carbonates Spotted by the Orbiter
  K. Wheeling, EoS News, May 03, 2016

• Although Boiling, Water Does Shape Martian Terrain
  Centre National Recherche Scientifique, May 02, 2016

• Could Earth’s Light Blue Color be a Signature of Life?
  A. Hadhazy, Astrobiology Magazine, Apr. 25, 2016

• Arctic Sea Ice Extent May Shrink Below 2012 Record Low
  M. Gannon, Earth & Space Science News (EoS), Apr. 22, 2016

• Study: Ancient Tectonic Activity was Trigger for Ice Ages
  J. Chu, MIT News, Apr. 18, 2016

• Stephen Hawking Helps Launch Project ‘Starshot’ for Interstellar Space Exploration
  T. Malik, LiveScience, Apr. 12, 2016

• Computer Model Explains Sustained Eruptions on Icy Moon of Saturn
  S. Koppes, University of Chicago, Mar. 28, 2016

• Current Carbon Emissions Unprecedented in 66 Million Years
  J. Wendel, EoS, American Geophysical Union, Mar. 23, 2016

• Solar Wind Induces Jupiter’s X-ray Aurora
  Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Mar. 23, 2016

• Voyage into Darkness
  E. Kintisch, Science, Vol. 351 (6279), pp. 1254-1257, Mar. 18, 2016
  Report from the RV Helmer Hanssen, northwest of Svalbard, Norway, on active marine biology during polar night in the Arctic.

• Aurorasaurus Proves the Crowd Knows Best About Northern Lights
  N. T. Redd, Space.com, Mar. 16, 2016

• Barrow’s Extreme Spring of One Year Ago
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Mar. 03, 2016

• Greenland’s Ice Is Getting Darker, Increasing Risk of Melting
  The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Mar. 03, 2016

• Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks
  NASA New Horizons, Mar. 03, 2016

• Annual Winter Growth of Artic Sea Ice Stalls Early
  Y. Rosen, Arctic Newswire, Feb. 23, 2016

• Pluto’s Widespread Water Ice
  New Horizons, Jan. 29, 2016

• Icy Worlds and their Analog Sites
  K. Cooper, Astrobiology at NASA, Jan. 28, 2016

• NASA Day of Rememberance - 30 Years After Challenger
  NASA, Jan. 28, 2016

• NASA Takes Part in Airborne Study of Sounthern Ocean
  NASA, Jan. 26, 2016

• Cassini Heads for ‘Higher Ground’ at Saturn
  P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Jan. 25, 2016

• Antarctic Microbes Hold Clues to Earth’s Oxygen
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 20, 2016

• Explosive Underwater Volcanos Were a Major Feature of ‘Snowball Earth’
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 18, 2016

• Cancer and Climate Change
  P. J. Sellers, New York Times, Jan. 16, 2016

• Enhanced Southern Ocean Marine Productivity Due to Fertilization by Giant Icebergs
  L. P. A. M. Duprat, Nature Geoscience, Jan. 11, 2016

• “X” Marks a Curious Corner on Pluto’s Icy Plains
  New Horizons Mission, Jan. 07, 2016

• Europe’s Mars Rover to Target Ancient Wetland
  D. Clery, Science, Vol. 350(6260), pp. 490-491, Oct. 30, 2015

• On Track: New Horizons Carries Out Third KBO Targeting Maneuver
  New Horizons, APL/JHU, Oct. 29, 2015

• Super-fast Antarctic Drills Ready to Hunt for Oldest Ice
  A. Witze, Nature News, Oct. 28, 2015

• Probing the Mysteries of Europa, Jupiter’s Cracked and Crinkled Moon
  R. Pyle, California Institute of Technology, Oct. 27, 2015

• New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto
  New Horizons Mission, Oct. 08, 2015

• Study Indicates Earth’s Inner Core was Formed 1 - 1.5 Billion Years Ago
  University of Liverpool, Oct. 07, 2015

• Cassini Finds Global Ocean in Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 15, 2015

• Titania May Produce Abiotic Oxygen Atmospheres on Habitable Exoplanets
  Norita N., Science Reports, Sep. 10, 2015

• Underground Magma Ocean Could Explain Io’s ‘Misplaced’ Volcanoes
  W. Steigerwald, NASA/GSFC, Sep. 10, 2015

• New Horizons Probes the Mystery of Charon’s Red Pole
  C. Howett, New Horizons Blog, Sep. 09, 2015

• HAARP Again Open for Business
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, Sep. 03, 2015

• NASA’s Europa Mission Team Joins Forces for the First Time
  P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Aug. 10, 2015

• Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A Swirling Mystery
  R. M. Candanosa, NASA/GSFC, Aug. 04, 2015

• “Snowball Earth” Might Be Slushy
  M. Schriber, Astrobiology Magazine, Aug. 03, 2015

• “Failed Stars” Host Powerful Aurora Displays
  K. Fesenmaier, California Institute of Technology, Jul. 29, 2015

• “Bathtub Rings” Suggest Titan’s Dynamic Seas
  N. T. Redd, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 27, 2015

• Carson City’s WNC Offers Astronomy Classes
  Nevada Appeal, Jul. 26, 2015 Goddard veteran Marla Moore teaches astronomy class in western Nevada.

• New Horizons Team Finds Haze, Flowing Ice on Pluto
  APL/JHU, Jul. 24, 2015

• Claudia Alexander, Scientist (1959 - 2015)
  NASA/HQ, Jul. 15, 2015

• How Big Is Pluto? New Horizons Settles Decades-Long Debate
  New Horizons News Center, Jul. 15, 2015

• Pluto Caps One Man’s Odyssey
  E. Hand, Jul. 10, 2015 Congratulations to Tom Krimigis of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on sending energetic particle instruments to all the known planets, now plus one dwarf planet, Pluto.

• Goddard Heliophysicist Waits Nearly 10 Years for Pluto Flyby
  L. Keesey, NASA/GSFC, Jul. 07, 2015

• Exposed Water Ice Detected on Comet’s Surface
  European Space Agency, Jun. 24, 2015

• Is Salt the Key to Unlocking the Interiors of Neptune and Uranus?
  Carnegie Science, Jun. 22, 2015

• • Unmanned Aircraft Scouts Ice Conditions for Whalers
    J. Rogers, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 29, No. 22, May 28, 2015
    3-D topography of Barrow off-shore ice surveyed by small unmanned hexacopter from UAF to help local whalers find shortest paths to open leads.
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.
• • Congratulations to 2008 Polar Gateways contributor Claire Wilkinson on winning the 2015 William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center!
    May 27, 2015

• NASA’s Europa MIssion Begins with Selection of Science Instruments
  NASA/HQ, May 26, 2015

• • Iḷisaġvik Celebrates 20 Years of Learning
    The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 29, No. 19, page 1, May 07, 2015
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Sir Arthur C. Clarke Collection Arrives at National Air and Space Museum
  Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Apr. 20, 2015

• Mars has Belts of Glaciers Consisting of Frozen Water
  N. B. Karlsson, Niels Bohr Institute, Apr. 07, 2015

• • Iḷisaġvik College Celebrates 20 Successful Years
    The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 29, No. 11, page 16, Mar. 12, 2015
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Spacecraft Data Suggest Saturn Moon’s Ocean May Harbor Hydrothermal Activity
  NASA/JPL, Mar. 11, 2015

• NASA Finds Evidence of a Vast Ancient Ocean on Mars
  I. Sample, The Guardian, Mar. 05, 2015

• Trans-Neptunian Objects Suggest That There Are More Planets in the Solar System
  Information and Scientific News Service (SINC), Jan. 13, 2015

• Potential Signs of Ancient Life in Mars Rover Photos
  J. Bontemps, Astrobiolgy Magazine, Jan. 05, 2015

• Far-out Planetary Science Extends 3 Billion Miles to Pluto
  Alaska Dispatch News, Dec. 27, 2014

• Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data
  Cassini Project, NASA/JPL, Dec. 18, 2014

• Villager’s Remains Lead to 1918 Flu Breakthrough
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Nov. 20, 2014

• Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae Probe Lands on Comet
  ESA, Nov. 12, 2014

• A Close-up With a Comet
  S. Koppes, Nov. 10, 2014

• First Observations of the Surfaces of Objects from the Oort Cloud
  Institute of Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii, Nov. 10, 2014

• Cassini Sees Sunny Seas on Titan
  P. Dyches, NASA/JPL, Oct. 30, 2014

• Organic Molecules in Titan’s Atmosphere Are Intriguingly Skewed
  C. E. Blue, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Oct. 22, 2014

• MESSENGER Provides First Optical Images of Ice Near Mercury’s North Pole
  Messenger Mission News, Applied Physics Lab Johns Hopkins University, Oct. 15, 2014

• • Huge Onshore Crowds of Walruses Are a New Phenomenon for Arctic, Scientists Say
    Y. Rosen, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 28, No. 41, page 9, Oct. 09, 2014
    “Gatherings of thousands of walruses crowded together on northwestern Alaska shorelines… have become regular occurrences in the new era of scarce summer sea ice.”
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Study Links Sea Ice Loss to Cold Air in Middle Latitudes
  Y. Bult-Ito, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Sep. 22, 2014

• NASA’s Newest Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet
  NASA/GSFC, Sep. 21, 2014

• Earth’s Impending Magnetic Flip
  A. Sneed, Scientific American, Sep. 16, 2014

• Titan’s Subsurface Reservoirs Modify Methane Rainfall
  Cassini-Huygens, European Space Agency, Sep. 01, 2014

• U.S. Expedition Yields First Breakthrough Paper About Life Under Antarctic Ice
  E. Boswell, Montana State University, Aug. 20, 2014

• Rock-Eating Microbes Found in Buried Antarctic Lake
  I. Klotz, Discovery News, Aug. 20, 2014

• Snow Has Thinned On Arctic Sea Ice
  H. Hickey, University of Washington, Aug. 13, 2014

• Tracks Across Greenland Ice, 60 Years Apart
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Jul. 24, 2014
  Chris Polashenski of U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory retraces survey 60 years ago by Carl Benson (speaker at Polar Gateways 2008 meeting, brother of IGY 1957 veteran Bob Benson) across the Greenland ice sheet. \

• Cassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and More on Icy Saturn Moon
  NASA/JPL, Jul. 28, 2014

• Bacteria Manipulate salt to Build Shelters to Hibernate
  Science Daily, Jul. 25, 2014

• • A Shift of Thermokarst Lakes From Carbon Sources to Sinks During the Holocene Epoch
    Anthony K. M. W. et al., Nature 511, 452-456, Jul. 24, 2014
• • The Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
    Lemonik, M. D., National Geographic, Jul., 2014
    Includes Europa mission and Kevin Hand at Barrow

• What If Voyager Had Explored Pluto?
  A. Stern, New Horizons Mission, Jun. 23, 2014

• Radio Signals from Jupiter Could Aid Search for Life
  C. Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, Jun. 12, 2014

• The Abominable Snow Aliens of Europa
  L. Mullen, A. L. Gronstal, Astrobiology Magazine, Jun., 2014
  Comic stories of the Astrobiology League starring Barrow-veteran Kevin Hand.

• New View of Ganymede
  D. Scalice, NASA/Astrobiology, May 2, 2014

• Three Weeks in the Saddle Way up North
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, May 1, 2014
  Eight hundred mile scientific journey across the Arctic on snow machines.

• • Sea Ice Sends Mixed Messages About How Rapidly It’s Melting
    Yereth Rosen, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 28, No. 15, Apr. 10, 2014
    Arctic ice cover reaches fifth-lowest maximum since satellite records began.
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Saturn’s Enceladus Moon Hides ‘Great Lake’ of Water
  J. Amos, BBC News, Apr. 03, 2014

• Dwarf Planet Discovery Could Help Show Life’s Spread Through Solar System
  E. Howell, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 31, 2014

• Microbes, How Low Can You Go?
  A. L. Gronstal, Feb. 27, 2014

• The Ups and Downs of Atmospheric Oxygen
  Astrobiology Magazine, Feb. 26, 2014

• A Global Map of Jupiter’s Biggest Moon
  K. Stacy, Brown University, Feb. 12, 2014

• How Did Early Earth Protect Itself Against The Cold?
  E. Howell, Astrobiology Magazine, Feb. 06, 2014

• Countdown to Pluto
  T. Phillips, NASA Science News, Jan. 14, 2014
  New Horizons arrives July 2015 at Pluto (text, video)

• Retreat of Pine Island Glacier Controlled by Marine Ice-sheet Instability
  L. Faviar et al., Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate2094, Jan. 12, 2014
  “Over the past 40 years Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has thinned at an accelerating rate, so that at present it is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica.”

• Group Achievement Award Announced - Congratulations to the Magnetometer Team
  C. Jackson, Imperial College London, Jan. 10, 2014

• Polar Vortex Enters Northern U.S.
  R. Gutro, NASA/GSFC, Jan. 06, 2014

• Scientists Use Laser Technology To Map Polar Bear Den Habitat
  Y. Rosen, Alaska Dispatch, Dec. 19, 2013

• Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jovian Moon
  Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, Dec. 12, 2013

• Orbiting MAVEN Mission Set to Trace a Planet’s History in Thin Martian Air
  Y. Bhattacharjee, Science, Nov. 08, 2013

• Dr. Dieter Bilitza to be Awarded 2013 International Kristian Birkeland Medal
  J. Cooper, Nov. 07, 2013

• Ancient DNA Links Native Americans With Europe
  M. Balter, Oct. 25, 2013
  Genome of a Siberian boy who died 24,000 years ago offers clues to the identity of the people who first settled the Americas.

• NASA Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane on Mars
  G. Webster, Sep. 19, 2013

• Early Morning Blaze Destroys Pepe’s Restaurant, Barrow Landmark
  J. Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch, Aug. 31, 2013

• New Research Supports Theory That Life Started on Mars
  S. Benner, Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology, Aug. 28, 2013

• Alaska Science Forum: An Aurora Detector in Petersburg
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Aug. 1, 2013
  Harvey Gilliland, retired electronics technician, recalls alarm buzzer going off in his Petersburg home when aurora was generating current on the 400-mile submarine cable from Ketchikan to Skagway, Alaska.

• NASA’S Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
  NASA and Space Telescope Science Institute, Jul. 15, 2013

• • Changes in Sea Ice Monitoring Critical to Safe Operations in Arctic
    Carey Restino, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 27, No. 23, p. 4, Jun. 06, 2013
    “the key to understanding sea ice in the Arctic in coming years will come from Native experts to the south, “Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska at Fairbanks
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.
• • The Art of Ice Coring
    Molly Rettig, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 27, No. 22, p. 10, May 30, 2013
    Hajo Eicken (UAF) on his field work class: “By taking an ice core, we can almost immediately reconstruct what happened over the past few months or almost a year of the ice core’s history.”
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.
• • Scientists Say Arctic Future May be Ice-Free
    Carey Restino, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 27, No. 19, p. 1, Mar. 09, 2013
    Core samples from 2.2 to 3.6 million years ago show warm, wet conditions correlated with carbon dioxide levels similar to those of the present time.
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Cassini Gets Close-up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Apr. 29, 2013

• Blame it on the Rain (from Saturn’s Rings)
  NASA/JPL and University of Leicester, England, Apr. 10, 2013

• ‘Bizarre Bacteria’ in Lake Vostok Study Likely a Contaminant
  A. L. Gronstal, Space Daily, Mar. 15, 2013

• Alaska Science Forum: After a Lifetime of Study, Aurora Still a Mystery
  N. Rozell, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Feb. 28, 2013
  Interview with Syun-Ichi Akasofu on energy source of the aurora.

• LSU Researchers Find New Information About “Snowball Earth” Period
  Louisiana State University, Feb. 28, 2013

• Is the Ozone Layer on the Road to Recovery?
  ESA, Feb. 08, 2013

• In a Scientific and Engineering Breakthrough, NSF-funded Team Samples Antarctic Lake Beneath the Ice Sheet
  NSF, Jan. 28, 2013

• How Extraterrestrial Auroras Can Help Us Find Other Worlds
  University of Leicester, UK, Jan. 18, 2013

• MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury’s Poles
  NASA, Nov. 29, 2012

• That Amazing Image of Saturn’s North Pole Just Got Better: Now, It Moves!
  E. Lakdawalla, The Planetary Society, Nov. 28, 2012

• Albedo and Atmospheric Constraints of Dwarf Planet Makemake From a Stellar Occultation
  J. L. Ortiz et al., Nature, Vol. 491, pp. 566-569, Nov. 22, 2012

• • Welcome to the Arctic - Check Your Assumptions at the Door
    C. Restino, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 26, No. 45, Page 4, Nov. 08, 2012
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Clouds and Snowball Earth Deglaciation
  D. S. Abbot, et al., Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 39, L20711, 2012

• New Habitable Zone Super-Earth Found in ExoSolar System
  Carnegie Institution for Science, Nov. 08, 2012

• Cassini Halloween Treat: Titan Glows in the Dark
  Cassini Solstice Mission, NASA/JPL, Oct. 31, 2012

• A Curious Cold Layer in the Atmosphere of Venus
  Venus Express, ESA, Oct. 01, 2012

• Ice-Free Arctic Sea May Be Years, Not Decades, Away
  R. A. Kerr, Science, Sep. 28, 2012

• Researchers Brew Up Organics on Ice
  W. Clavin, NASA/JPL, Sep. 18, 2012

• Giant Super-Magnetic Star Has Scientists Buzzing
  C. Q. Choi, Space.com, Sep. 14, 2012\

  Abstract. G. A. Wade et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 425, Issue 2, Sep. 11, 2012

• Does Triton Have a Subsurface Ocean?
  A. Doyle, Astrobiology Magazine, Sep. 06, 2012

• NASA Lands Car-Size Rover Beside Martian Mountain
  G. Webster, D.C. Agle, NASA/JPL, Aug. 05, 2012

• NASA Discovers Unprecedented Blooms of Ocean Plant Life
  M. Vinas, The Earth Observer, Vol. 24 (4), p. 32-33, July-August 2012

• On Native Inupiat Diet of Barrow, Alaska
  Carrie Galou, The Core, Supplement to University of Chicago Magazine, pp. 33-34, Jul-Aug, 2012

• Polar and Brown Bear Genomes Reveal Ancient Admixture and Demographic Footprints of Past Climate Change (abstract)
  W. Miller et al., Proceedings National Academy of Science, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210506109, Jul. 23, 2012

• Can Astronomers Detect Exoplanet Oceans?
  R. Sanders, Astrobiology Magazine, Jul. 12, 2012

• The Titanian Seasons Turn, Turn, Turn
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jul. 10, 2012

• Life’s Molecules Could Lie Within Reach of Mars Curiosity Rover
  K. Ramsayer, AGU, Jul. 05, 2012

• Evidence of Life on Mars Could Come From Martian Moon
  E. K. Gardner, Purdue University, Jun. 28, 2012

• Cassini Finds Likely Subsurface Ocean on Saturn Moon
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jun. 28, 2012

• Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jun. 13, 2012

• Enceladus Plume is a New Kind of Plasma Laboratory
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, May 31, 2012

• Arctic Bacteria Help in the Search to Find Life on Moon Europa
  Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), May 30, 2012

• Cassini Reveals Details About Charged ‘Nanograins’ Near Enceladus
  J. Boyd, Rice University, May 22, 2012

• Seeking Signs of Life at the Glacier’s Edge
  C. Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, May 17, 2012

• JUICE is Europe’s Next Large Science Mission
  European Space Agency, May 02, 2012

• Cassini Finds Saturn Moon has Planet-Like Qualities
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Apr. 26, 2012

• Cassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Apr. 23, 2012

• WSU Astrobiologist Proposes Fleet of Probes to Mars
  E. Sorensen, Washington State University News, Apr. 23, 2012
  Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a veteran of the 2003 Europa Focus Group meeting at Barrow.

• Uranus Auroras Glimpsed from Earth
  American Geophysical Union, Apr. 13, 2012

• Alaska Expedition to Study Northern Lights from the Inside
  M. Wall, Space.com, Apr. 10, 2012

• How Deep Must Life Hide to be Safe on Europa?
  N. T. Redd, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 29, 2012

• Is it Snowing Microbes on Enceladus?
  D. Coulter, NASA Science News, Mar. 27, 2012

• James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive
  K. Than, National Geographic Daily News, Mar. 25, 2012
  Polar Gateways veteran Kevin Hand comments as expedition team member.

• Cassini Mission Receives Air and Space Museum Award
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Mar. 22, 2012

• Cassini Sees Saturn Stressing out Enceladus
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Mar. 19, 2012

• O, Pioneers! (part 2): The Derelicts of Space
  R. Corfield, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 05, 2012

• Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm
  Dr. T. Phillips, NASA Science News, Mar. 02, 2012

• Acidic Europa May Eat Away at Chances for Complex Life
  C.Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 01, 2012

• Searching for Life in the Depths of Enceladus
  German Aerospace Center (DLR), Feb. 22, 2012

• UNH Scientists Launch NASA Rocket Into Aurora
  University of New Hampshire, Feb. 20, 2012

• THEMIS Celebrates Five Years of Watching Aurora and Space Weather
  K. Fox, NASA/GSFC, Feb. 17, 2012

• New Horizons on Approach: 22 AU Down, Just 10 to Go
  JHU/APL News, Feb. 10, 2012

• Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice
  J. C. Cook, NASA/JPL, Jan. 25, 2012

• An Astronaut and a Scientist. NASA Science Chief Seeks a Better Union Between Human Exploration and Science
  E. Hand, Nature, Jan. 19, 2012

• Next Ice Age Delayed For Thousands Of Years Warn Scientists
  Space Daily, Jan. 09, 2012

• Greeley Haven is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
  NASA/JPL, Jan. 05, 2012

• Wanted: Habitable Moons
  N. T. Reed, Astrobiology Magazine, Jan. 05, 2012

• SwRI Researchers Discover New Evidence for Complex Molecules on Pluto’s Surface
  Southwest Research Institute news, Dec. 20, 2011

• MARSIS Completes Measurement Campaign Over Martian North Pole
  European Space Agency, Dec. 14, 2011

• Los Alamos Instrument to Shine Light on Mars Habitability
  Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nov. 28, 2011

• Pluto’s Hidden Ocean
  N. T. Redd, Astrobiology Magazine, Nov. 17, 2011

• NASA Probe Data Show Liquid Water Evidence on Europa
  NASA/JPL, Nov. 16, 2011

• In Memoriam: William H. Smyth
  DPS Mailing #11-19 , Nov. 10, 2011

• Ronald Greeley: A Gentleman and a Scholar
  P. Spudis, Once and Future Moon, Air & Space Smithsonian, Oct. 29, 2011

• In Memory: Planetary Geologist Ronald Greeley
  Arizona State University, Oct. 28, 2011
  
  Commentary: Ron Greeley organized the 2003 Europa Focus Group meeting at Barrow, Alaska, that I participated in and which inspired the Polar Gateways conference that I chaired five years later. I also fondly remember his extremely capable and intelligent co-leadership of the Science Definition Team for the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter, the “starship” of its time in planetary science that accelerated at light-speed the careers of many of us into planetary science and also my own into NASA. When at last we do return to Galileo’s ocean moon Europa, we will remember him foremost among those who set us on the path.
  John Cooper, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Oct. 28, 2011.

• Herschel Discovers Tip of Cosmic Iceberg Around Nearby Young Star
  SpaceDaily, Paris, Oct. 24, 2011

• Mars Rover Carries Device for Underground Scouting
  NASA/JPL News, Oct. 20, 2011

• Tiny World ‘Snow White’ Has Water Ice and Maybe Atmosphere
  Space.com Staff, Oct. 19, 2011

• Enceladus Weather: Snow Flurries and Perfect Powder for Skiing
  DPS-EPSC 2011, Europlanet, Oct. 3, 2011

• Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Spreads Its Influence
  R. Sullivant, NASA/JPL News, Sep. 21, 2011

• Methane Debate Splits Mars Community
  Astrobiology Magazine, Sep. 12, 2011

• Dwarf Planet Mysteries Beckon to New Horizons
  NASA Science News, Sep. 02, 2011

• Astronomers Find Ice and Possibly Methane on Snow White
  M. Woo, Space Daily, Aug. 23, 2011

• Juno to Show Jupiter’s Magnetic Field in High-Def
  E. Zubritsky, NASA, Aug. 01, 2011

• Exoplanet Aurora: An Out-of-this-World Sight
  Staff, Space Daily, Jul. 22, 2011

• • Gabrielle Tsaaba Amauqligauraq Qaumagun Acker Arrives into the Polar Arctic World
    Births, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 25, No. 32, p. 2, Jul. 18, 2011.
    Barrow birth announcement for new daughter of Polar Gateways veteran Nokinba Acker and wife Rita.
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.
• • Climate Change at Work, Melting Sea Ice Allows Early Start to Red Dog Shipping
    by Alex DeMarban, The Arctic Sounder, Vol. 25, No. 31, p. 1, Jul. 11, 2011.
    Summer shipping to Barrow and the Alaska North Slope started June 28 as new record due to increasingly early melting of winter ice in the Chuckchi Sea.
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• You Can Hunt for Icy Worlds
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jun. 26, 2011

• How to Keep Lonely Exoplanets Snug - Just Add Dark Matter!
  Astrobiology Magazine, Jun. 23, 2011

• Recalculating the Distance to Interstellar Space
  NASA/JPL, Jun. 15, 2011

• Voyagers Ride ‘Magnetic Bubbles’
  Jonathan Amos, BBC News Science and Environment, Jun. 9, 2011

• A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System
  NASA, Jun. 9, 2011

• Passing of Ingrid Sandahl 1949-2011
  Space Physics & Aeronomy Section Newsletter, American Geophysical Union,
  May 20, 2011

• Kevin Hand, Planetary Scientist and Astrobiologist
  National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Jun. 2011

• Interview with Abigail Rymer About Electric Currents Between Saturn and Enceladus
  WYBR Maryland public radio, May 13, 2011

• Detecting Wandering Worlds That Host Life
  Choi C. Q., May 13, 2011

• Galileo Data Reveal Magma Ocean Under Jupiter Moon
  NASA/JPL, May 12, 2011

• Documentary of Barrow Life Ready for Viewing
  The Arctic Sounder staff, Apr. 29, 2011

• Voyager - The Love Story
  Dr. Tony Phillips, Space Travel, Apr. 29, 2011
  
  Note from John Cooper: this report has special meaning for me since I sang the opening bar of Here Comes the Sun at our polar sunrise viewing on Jan. 23, 2008. This may be heard briefly at the end of Troy Cline’s podcast {http://sunearthday.gsfc.nasa.gov/podcasts/audio/barrow2.mp3} from the opening day of the Polar Gateways conference. Here Comes the Sun did not make the interstellar journey with Voyager but it did reach Barrow.

• Aurora from Saturn Moon ‘Circuit’
  BBC News, Apr. 21, 2011

• Pluto’s Atmosphere Found Poisonous and Surprisingly High
  Space.com Staff, Apr. 19, 2011

• New Radio Wave Technique Could Detect Alien Planets
  Space.com Staff, Apr. 18, 2011

• Dry Ice Gone Wild: Araneiform on Mars
  IAG Planetary Geomorphology Working Group, Apr. 2011

• Measurements of Winter Arctic Sea Ice Shows Continuing Ice Loss
  Staff Writters, Mar. 25, 2011

• NASA Finds Polar Ice Adding More to Rising Seas
  NASA/JPL, Mar. 08, 2011

• Cassini Finds Enceladus is a Powerhouse
  NASA/JPL, Mar. 07, 2011

• Itta Honored at His Last Kivgiq as Mayor
  Alex Demarban, The Arctic Sounder, Feb. 12, 2011

• First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun
  NASA, Feb. 06, 2011

• NASA Names Waleed Abdalati as Agency’s New Chief Scientist
  Staff Writers, Space Travel, Dec. 14, 2010

• Solar Observation Mission Celebrates 15 Years
  Karen C. Fox, Space Daily, Dec. 06, 2010

• Bob Benson: Tales of Chilly Research
  Karen C. Fox, Space Daily, Dec. 03, 2010

• Missing Piece Inspires New Look at Mars Puzzle
  NASA/JPL, Sep. 03, 2010

• • Steven’s Favorite Scientist Remembers Senator
    N. Rozell, The Arctic Sounder, Aug. 31, 2010
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.

• Discovery of Saturn Auroral Heartbeat
  Staff Writers, Space Daily, Aug. 05, 2010
  
  An international team of scientists led by Dr. Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn’s aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which illuminates Saturn’s upper atmosphere near the poles, pulses roughly once per Saturnian day.

• • Warming permafrost threatens Arctic ice cellars
    by Victoria Barber, The Arctic Sounder, Jun. 09, 2010
    Note: this article is available on request from the Alaska State Library.
• • Hajo Eicken receives 2010 Louis Agassiz Model from EGU
    
    Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, received the Louis Agassiz Medal from the 2010 European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria for his contributions on studying the physical and biological properties of sea ice through a combination of experimental techniques and theory. Eos Transactions, Vol. 91, No. 23, p. 208, Jun. 8, 2010.

• GSFC Scientist Claire Parkinson Elected to American Philosophical Society
  GSFC’s Dateline, May 24, 2010

• Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home, New Image Shows Damage
  NASA/JPL, May 24, 2010

• Global Glaciation Snowballed into Giant Change in Carbon Cycle
  H. Parker, Princeton University, Apr. 30, 2010

• Getting WISE About Nemesis
  L. Mullen, Astrobiology Magazine, Mar. 11, 2010

• Firefly: An NSF CubeSat Project
  NASA/GSFC.