Toolik Field Station's mission is to support research & education that enhance the understanding of the Arctic and its relationship to the global environment.
Joined March 2009
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
11 Jun 2024
Slowly but surely the tundra around @Toolik Field Station is coming alive. Since Friday lots of snow has melted and the flowers have begun to pop.
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3 Jun 2024
Next year marks our 50th year as a research station! To celebrate, we’re working with @ArcticScienceJ on a special collection of all things Toolik.
Have a Toolik-based research paper you’d like included in the collection? Learn more at cdnsciencepub.com/topic/as-t…
31 May 2024
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of @Toolik 🎉
A new collection of papers in @ArcticScienceJ will celebrate the great diversity of projects at Toolik Field Station.
Submission deadline and details ➡️ cdnsciencepub.com/topic/as-t…
📷: Jason Stuckey/Toolik Field Station
ALT Aerial view of Toolik Field Station. Photo credit: Jason Stuckey/Toolik Field Station
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
1 Jun 2024
While out monitoring plants today near @Toolik I heard what could only be described as a bird mimicking a grasshopper. I knew there must be a bluethroat around but I did not have my binoculars. I went back and I found a handful of handsome bluethroat singing away in some willows.
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
20 May 2024
@uafairbanks scientist Tom Glass was a consultant on the new @BBC series #Mammals. His episode "Cold" features his research on #wolverines and was filmed @Toolik. Check out a clip at the link & B sure 2 catch the series stateside in July! #Nature @BBCEarth bbc.in/4dHfqDz
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21 May 2024
We’re excited to host the new collaborative institute EvoMe from @WoodwellClimate and @uafairbanks!
21 May 2024
UAF is joining a $15M federal initiative to boost our understanding of Arctic resilience in the face of rapid climate change. Much of the fieldwork will be based at @Toolik.
@NSF
#EvoMEInstitute #ArcticResearch
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8 May 2024
We're so excited to announce our third cohort for the Toolik Tundra Award! Join us in extending a big congrats to the awardees. Learn more about the researchers & their projects on our website!
And thank you to all who have donated to support this award!
uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tund…
ALT Headshot of Jacqueline Gerson, 2024 Tundra Awardee
ALT Headshot of Rain Blankenship, 2024 Tundra Awardee
ALT Headshot of Cansu Culha, 2024 Tundra Awardee
ALT Headshot of Austin Routt, 2024 Tundra Awardee
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
8 May 2024
Still alot of snow to move up at Toolik Field Station in order to welcome the researchers who are migrating north along with the birds.
Joe is knocking down this pile to make room for more snow piles. The dozer might look small in the photo but it is a large normal sized dozer.
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2 May 2024
Our seasonal naturalist Seth is back at the station and already spotting incredible wildlife. Muskox battles, endless ptarmigan, migrating birds and more! Read all about it in our Naturalist Journal, published daily.
uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/i…
📸Seth Beaudreault
ALT Two muskox ram their heads on Alaska's North Slope.
ALT A greater white-fronted goose sits on the snow covered tundra.
ALT Dozens of willow ptarmigans fill the tundra.
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
2 May 2024
Is it spring?
Cold first day up at Toolik with highs near 15 and lows below 0f. Despite the cold it is beautiful with bluebird skies. Not to be out shown the mountains a radiant with alpine glow in the evening and the ptarmigan flicks are getting ever bigger.
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
23 Mar 2024
How are #Arctic #plantpollinator interactions affected by warming? Check out our new results using #ITEX #opentopchambers. Great leadership by Roxaneh Khorsand!
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
22 Apr 2024
Excited to see our work help the new BBC series "Mammals" showcase some of the amazing life of a wolverine. We've worked for almost a decade to help ensure the conservation of this species. @Toolik @TheWCS @JonathanSlaght bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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18 Apr 2024
The first siksrik of the year has emerged from hibernation at Toolik! The Toolik ground squirrel population usually wakes a little later than those closer to the Brooks Range.
Welcome back to the station, ground squirrel.
uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/i…
📸 Mayra Meléndez González
ALT Arctic ground squirrel stands on snow covered ground
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
10 Apr 2024
Back up to @Toolik for a few days to show off the station.
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Toolik Field Station retweeted
28 Mar 2024
The new @uspermafrost FCP is hosting a virtual panel event with @polarsecco to discuss balancing childcare and work responsibilities. This event is free and open to both members and non-members. Please consider donating to the FCP during registration to help support the program!
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5 Apr 2024
Snow buntings have returned to the Toolik area, with sightings every day this week since Sunday! Though we're still a bit away from spring break-up, we're celebrating the strengthening sun & the arrival of these springtime heralds.
📷 Abby Jackson
uaf.edu/toolik/edc/journal/i…
ALT Two snow buntings rest on the snowy ground amongst last summer's dry grass.
ALT A snow bunting hunkers down on the snowy ground on a windy day.
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28 Mar 2024
Just a few more hours to give to our TUNDRA award on #UAFGivingDay!
Your gift not only supports students & early career researchers' Arctic science. It gives them the chance to gain confidence & start a lifelong passion in their career. givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too… #49HoursForAlaska
ALT High school students help researchers collect plant samples for molecular analysis
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26 Mar 2024
#UAFGivingDay starts now! You have #49HoursforAlaska to show your support for Toolik and give to our student & early career TUNDRA award.
Help fund future leaders in Arctic science by donating to our early career research support fund! givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too…
ALT Eight Arctic researchers laying on lake ice in a circle with the UA Giving Day logo in the center
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28 Mar 2024
Assist. prof @uafairbanks Morag Clinton looked for emerging diseases in Arctic grayling in Toolik Lake. She's hoping to identify how varied parasitic burdens influence overall fish immunology & how that changes with warming. #49HoursForAlaska #UAFGivingDay givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too…
ALT Dr. Morag Clinton holds a fish on a boat. Photo includes UA Giving Day logo and text saying "Morag Clinton, Assistant Professor, 2022"
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28 Mar 2024
Alex Michaud, research scientist @BigelowLab, studied microbial communities & metagenomes in thermokarsts — where the ground collapses due to permafrost thaw — to understand the role microbes play in releasing nutrients. #49HoursForAlaska #UAFGivingDay givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too…
ALT Dr. Alex Michaud samples soil from a permafrost headwall. Photo includes UA Giving Day logo and text saying "Alex Michaud, research scientist, 2022"
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27 Mar 2024
As a PhD candidate, Chelsea Smith took some of the first sediment cores on Toolik Lake for her TUNDRA award research to better understand if Arctic lakes are carbon sinks or sources as the region warms. #49HoursForAlaska #UAFGivingDay givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too…
ALT Dr. Chelsea Smith analyzes a lake sediment core in the lab. Photo includes UA Giving Day logo and text saying "Chelsea Smith, PhD candidate, 2022"
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27 Mar 2024
As a PhD candidate, @Mingyue_Yuan_ completed a comparative study between Alaska & Sweden's Arctic tundra soil microbes. She defended her dissertation earlier this year & is continues researching plant-microbial interactions. givingday.alaska.edu/amb/too… #UAFGivingDay #49HoursForAlaska
ALT Dr. Mingyue Yuan samples soil near toolik. Photo includes UA Giving Day logo and text saying "Mingyue Yuan, PhD candidate, 2023"
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