Stories from the Field
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Toolik shares research with 91视频ns and beyond through spring outreach
June 12, 2023
This spring, Toolik Field Station connected with over 1,900 people in a series of outreach events that highlighted the local and global importance of the Arctic tundra.
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Toolik launches climate education program for underserved students
March 21, 2023
Twelve high school students will visit 91视频鈥檚 remote Arctic during summer 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.
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Creating a community of respect at Toolik Field Station
December 14, 2022
For many students in the natural sciences, field experiences are often the deciding factor in continuing a career in science. Toolik Field Station works to make sure all who visit leave with a positive, transformative experience.
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Long-term records track climate change effects on 91视频鈥檚 North Slope
December 14, 2022
For 15 years, staff at the University of 91视频 Fairbanks Toolik Field Station have kept a close eye on the tundra鈥檚 daily activity. They record everything from lake ice thickness and precipitation to the date when each year鈥檚 first blueberry ripens. It鈥檚 a practice that鈥檚 left Amanda Young, a co-principal investigator for Toolik, questioning what 鈥渘ormal鈥 means in a rapidly changing Arctic.
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Frigid but not rigid -- researchers discover surprising plant phenomenon
September 06, 2022
Peter Ray and Syndonia Bret-Harte have studied Arctic plants for a combined 50 years. But they recently found there was still more to learn when an accidental experiment led to a surprising discovery about how such plants behave in the snow.
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Toolik Field Station Receives Another Five Years' Funding
August 03, 2022
Toolik Field Station, the largest scientific research station in the Arctic, has received $19.7 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for five more years of operation.
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The Ecotypes Project Returns for a New Game of Tundra Chess
April 05, 2022
In the Arctic鈥檚 short summer growing season, timing is everything.
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Toolik Community Joins Together in Unlearning Racism in the Geosciences
March 31, 2022
Last year, Toolik Field Station joined thousands of scientists across the United States in the journey towards being anti-racist.
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Reverberations in Permafrost Thaw
March 17, 2022
When Nikki Lindt first traveled to the Arctic, she was no stranger to the ways climate change could alter ecosystems.
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Facility upgrades continue with a new medical building and waste heat extension
March 17, 2022
Learn more about facility upgrades Toolik Field Station underwent in fall 2021.
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