Tom Glass

Tom Glass

PhD Student, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Published on Jan 18, 2022

You're Invited!

I'm excited to share that I'll be defending my PhD dissertation via Zoom on Friday, February 4th at 9 a.m. AKST, and you're invited! This will be an overview of the research I've been working on fo...

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Published on Mar 25, 2021

Recent publication

Hi everyone,I'm happy to share that I've recently published an article regarding the importance of physical snow properties to wolverines. In it, we found that wolverines select deeper, denser snow...

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Published on Feb 13, 2021

Permafrost ice caves and NY Times article

Hi everyone,I'm excited to share that we recently published a short article about the subterranean permafrost caves that we found several years ago (article attached, see also the lab note "Explori...

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Published on Oct 29, 2020

Recent publication and popular-press articles

Hello wonderful supporters! I apologize for the long silence regarding the status of this project - I've spent much of the last couple of years processing and analyzing data (not to mention going t...

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Published on Aug 30, 2018

Poster Presentation at the 2018 Martes Symposium

In early August, I attended the 2018 Martes Symposium in Ashland, WI to share some preliminary results from our project. My poster focused on using the data we gathered with light loggers and accel...

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Published on Aug 30, 2018

Patagonia Blog

A quick note to share a recent blog post we wrote for Patagonia's The Cleanest Line, featuring photos by Peter Mather: https://www.patagonia.com/blog/2018/06/in-the-land-of-the-wolverine/

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Published on Jun 08, 2018

Seamus the clever wolverine!

A quick note to point you to a short story that Martin and I just wrote for LiveScience.com about one of our more wily wolverines: https://www.livescience.com/62768-wolverines-box-traps.html

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Published on Apr 12, 2018

Exploring a wolverine permafrost cave

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Published on Mar 30, 2018

Exploring a wolverine snow cave

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Thank you, Sarah!
Jan 19, 2022
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Thanks, Mary! I hope everything's going well with you.
Feb 15, 2021
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Hey Dad - I like this theory. It seems unlikely to me that it would freeze from the bottom up, but maybe a shallower section upstream froze first, and then chunks of ice containing rocks broke free and floated down.
Mar 15, 2018
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Hey Kate! Definitely hot chocolate. We do physical trap checks approximately every three days, and monitor them remotely with satellite trap transmitters as well.
Feb 28, 2018
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Hi Margaret, Great question - an animal will never stay in for longer than about fifteen hours, and typically it's closer to 5-10. We use satellite trap transmitters to notify us via email when a trap is triggered, and once we receive the message we drop everything to reach the animal as soon as possible. We also leave plenty of snow (for water) inside the traps to ensure they don't become dehydrated while waiting. Best, Tom
Jan 18, 2018
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Hey Patrick, That's actually the hind section of a beaver - a bit hard to tell given its condition! Interesting question regarding the traps - actually, Eric Lofroth did the exact experiment/study that you're describing (http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2193/2006-393), and found the dimensional lumber traps to have the highest efficiency. We opted for them on this project simply for logistical ease. To my mind, the main advantage of log traps is that the materials are all available on site, which as you mention doesn't really work on the Slope. These lumber traps are comparatively light, can be moved easily behind a snowmachine, and can be repaired without much trouble when damaged. And where it counts: the wolverines on the Slope don't seem too bashful about them :). Best, Tom
Jan 11, 2018
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Thanks, Ali!
Jan 04, 2018
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Thanks so much for the generous support, Jennifer! I'm glad to have his name behind the project. I like to think of wolverines as more curious and energetic than anything else - maybe others will too as this project progresses! Best wishes.
Jan 04, 2018
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Thanks so much for the support!
Dec 28, 2017
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Sounds good, thanks Peter!
Dec 20, 2017
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They're really incredible animals - thanks so much for the support!
Dec 20, 2017
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Thanks so much for the support! Proud to call Linda a mentor and a colleague.
Dec 10, 2017
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