As the nation’s only Arctic state, Alaska faces unique challenges and environmental conditions unlike anywhere else in the United States. Faculty and students at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) continue to drive research that tackles regional challenges in practical ways, such as studying how temperature affects metal corrosion in the Arctic or the effects of tire rubber contamination on salmon mortality.
Their story is worthy of the old West: tangles with bureaucrats, tales of human ingenuity and the paths of three women in an industry dominated by men.
A groundbreaking new study led by UMass Amherst researchers is the first to comprehensively account for the hydrological impact of the mining of lithium, the key component of the batteries that are crucial for the transition away from fossil fuels and towards green energy.