International Arctic Research Center, Education Outreach

09/03/2026

It's not too late to start your Green-down study! Check out this interactive newsletter for information, tutorials, and links to real scientists who can help!

Green-down Newsletter

08/20/2026

08/20/2026

Welcome to a new batch of University of Alaska Fairbanks Climate Scholar students! We just finished orientation at Denali National Park. Climate Scholars is an experiential education program run by the UAF Honors College and IARC for UAF's top undergraduate student leaders and scholars in the area of climate change. Students join from any major and take interdisciplinary climate change courses, do community service and engagement, experience climate issues and solution first hand in summer intensive field courses, and capstone projects.
Thanks to IARC faculty and staff Katie Spellman, John Smelter and Maya Kurkhill and all the Honors College students and staff for making a fun and adventurous new student orientation!

08/13/2026

This is a great way to track leaf miner and spruce beetle damage to our trees in Alaska.

Are you seeing damage on the trees around you? The United States Department of Agriculture has designated the month of August as "Tree Check Month." Join GLOBE during our August 2026 Tree Check IOP and share your Tree Height and Land Cover observations, noting any pests or signs of damage in the trees or surrounding land cover.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/tree-check-iop

08/13/2026

We have new projects starting up, utilizing the PACE satellite. Sign up for the webinar to learn more about it and how you can add observations as a citizen scientist!

Join our GO Connect webinar on 27 August at 12 pm ET (16:00 UTC) to learn about the NASA PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem) satellite, how its data can be matched with your Clouds observations, and how you can participate in an upcoming challenge to collect Clouds observations for PACE scientists!

Learn more and register at https://observer.globe.gov/go-connect.

08/13/2026

Did you miss the eclipse on Wednesday or want to learn more about eclipses? Watch the NASA live feed for great visuals and information!

08/13/2026

We're signed up, are you? We can help!

Red, orange, brown, and yellow—in the Northern Hemisphere, fall is just beginning to show its colors—what colors are your trees?

If you are in North America, join the North American Phenology Campaign and help monitor and report plant phenology data to contribute to GLOBE's long-term environmental record.

Don’t miss the North American Green-Down Campaign webinar on the 19th of August at 3 pm ET (19:00 UTC) to learn tips, tricks, and resources on how best to monitor the fall color change this season. You will also hear from NASA’s PACE terrestrial scientists, who are interested in comparing your ground-based photos of fall leaf color changes to PACE data. Learn more and register: https://tinyurl.com/2026-green-down

08/13/2026

We love these quick tips as tune-up reminders for good data collection!

08/13/2026

Hey Tanana Valley! Come visit our furry friends at the LARS - Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station Sept. 12th!

We're excited to announce that our annual Locals Day event is scheduled for Saturday, September 12 from 10am-4pm! 🦌

The cost of admission is 3 non-perishable food items that will be donated to the Fairbanks Community Food Bank. We'll have muskox, reindeer, and wood bison on display, as well as tour guides stationed throughout the property to tell you all about Alaskan animals and answer questions.

Come support your community and hangout with the animals at LARS! For more information, check out our event page LARS Locals Day 2026, or contact [email protected] or 907-474-5724.

08/13/2026

Don't you just love research shared?!

Curious about the effects of a total solar eclipse? See this research publication that used GLOBE data to analyze changes in clouds reported during the 2024 total eclipse: https://baas.aas.org/pub/2024n9i044/release/1

Find more GLOBE Observer publications on the solar eclipse and other topics at https://observer.globe.gov/publications.