As you know the town of Healy is a pretty small place. Most everyone that lives in the community knows each other or at least knows of each other, so people tend to keep track of what's going on…
We had lots of different things go on today that are worth mentioning. First let's talk about the weather. Today was the chilliest and most windy day we have had since arriving. You could tell…
When we last saw our CiPEHR project team they were well on their way to having the three study sites up and running. But alas, while the Sites A and C were being cooperative and experiencing only…
The first thing I can say about Spotlight is that he never stops moving! From the moment he came flying out of the gate Spotlight was moving, and moving fast.
Spotilght has a lot of energy. He is…
We finally hit a day when other things besides science just had to be done. Rosvel was leaving today and had to be at the Fairbanks airport this afternoon. We needed to get some building supplies…
I went out with Christian and Rosvel today to the area known as the Gradient Site. We talked about the experiment that is on going, and that Christian has been helping to work on for six years, and…
Part of the Alaska Range in Denali National Park
So now that we have touched on the carbon cycle from the May 3 journal, and talked a little bit about the experiments on warming from the May 4…
The amount of Carbon Dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has become increasingly important to scientists and to the world population. Is our planet in a cycle of warming? Are…
The Carbon Cycle is important all over the world.
After snowing a fair amount last evening the morning was clear and nice. A new light carpet of snow covered everything and made the tundra look…
Both Dr. Natali and I feel great about sharing this science with Fountain Valley students!
We did a little bit of everything today. The day began with a bit of fresh snow on the ground and a semi-…
Jade is 5 years old and a wonderful dog!
This week I chose Jade because she is one of the first dogs that I met and she is pretty special. Jade is a very friendly dog and is very gentle with…
Many hours were spent today connecting the SWC's and the CO2 Flux Chambers to the instruments, the "brain", that will analyze and record the data. We also moved all of the solar panels, placed them…