This summer University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) glaciologist Regine Hock received an NSF grant of nearly $500 000 to study the effect of surface sediment on the melting rate of glaciers. But rather than recruiting a PhD student or shoring up her plans to sample Kennicott Glacier, Hock is in a holding pattern, waiting to see how 11 regents enact a series of draconian cuts ordered by Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy. “Not knowing what’s happening is extremely demoralizing,” Hock says.
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