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Climate change has shifted from a looming global threat to a pervasive contemporary challenge to the resilience of marine ecosystems and the communities they support. Environmentally-informed decisions across time horizons - from days to decades - are critical for meeting this challenge. Current global models yield skillful predictions of basic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Afternoon Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroOn this moderate to strenuous 4-mile excursion, you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro. Expect around 500 ft. of gradual incline/elevation.This wonderful preserve rests in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range and is a hub for wildlife, such as deer, bobcats, ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Peering into the body - with less risk - LivestreamMost medical imaging devices - X-rays and CT scans, for example - use radiation to peer into the human body to produce images and other data that can help care providers arrive at a clinical diagnosis. But there are health risks associated with too much exposure to radiation, even in ...
Where: Cost: Free
SETI Talks: Can we define life? Should we? - LivestreamWhat is the difference between you and a rock? Are stars alive? Is a computer virus a living being? These may seem like easy questions, but scientists have struggled to formulate a universal definition of life, to draw the line between the living and the inanimate. Can life even be ...
Where: Cost: Free
A robot CHIP (COVID Help Intelligent Patro) to enforce social distance & serve - LivestreamThe entire world is hurting because of COVID-19. We must stop its spread, stabilize its curve, and make better preparations for future outbreaks. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, counties have published safety guidelines that prompt people to socialize responsibly, and several cities are instituting social distancing circles in public parks. Many ...
Where: Cost: Free
How Your Family Can Land on Mars and Explore the Solar System - Using NASA’s Solar System Treks - LivestreamRight now, NASA’s Perseverance rover is beginning its epic exploration of the ancient lakebed in Mars’ Jezero Crater while the Curiosity rover continues its investigations in Gale Crater. Using NASA’s Mars Trek data visualization portal, we’ll fly to Jezero and examine up close the amazing terrain that is Perseverance’s new ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #119: A clock, some milk, and a dash of fungal affliction!Hello friends. Ever wonder what it’s like to get suffocated by your own skin? Well then do we have the talk for you! Gordon Lau will explain chytrid fungus and make you feel better about not being an amphibian. We’ll also be learning about another animal phenomenon perhaps a bit ...
Have you ever wondered how oceanic buoys operate and what they measure, or what critters cling to their undersides? Join marine scientists, technicians, and educators as they pull a one-ton NOAA carbon dioxide (CO2) buoy out of the water and explore its scientific instruments and the organisms that have colonized ...
The New Space Race: Who will own the stars? - LivestreamAmerican Experience presents a virtual PAST FORWARD conversation around the history of space exploration, and what the future of space travel and tourism might look like. This event is inspired by our streaming documentary films Chasing the Moon and Space Men.As the Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic space programs successfully ...
San Francisco Bay is a dynamic, active system that supports all sorts of ocean organisms. Dive below the surface at tonight’s After Dark and see what’s living underneath. Meet the algae and creatures that live underneath our data collection buoy during this once-a-year dry-docking. Find out what historical records of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, Free for members
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
NightLifeCalling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude the albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new avian species and the extinction of others. Because of their isolation, birds that arrive on islands evolve separately from their parent group and eventually become unique… thus a new species is born! But that isolation also makes them vulnerable ...
The California coast is a dynamic, active system that supports all sorts of ocean organisms. Dive below the surface at tonight’s After Dark Online inspired by the Exploratorium’s once-a-year dry-docking of our data collection buoy and examination of the organisms that have taken residence on its underside over the past ...
Have you ever wondered how oceanic buoys operate and what they measure, or what critters cling to their undersides? Join marine scientists, technicians, and educators as they pull a one-ton NOAA carbon dioxide (CO2) buoy out of the water and explore its scientific instruments and the organisms that have colonized ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Double Stars: Observing Double - LivestreamAbout half the stars in the sky are multiple stars. They are fun to observe, particularly the ones with a wide range of temperatures which results in different colors. They are also very important scientifically as they are the only way we can measure the mass of the stars. Some ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 08/21/21
Every Bird has a Story - LivestreamLearn about local birds and their stories through a presentation and accompanying photography all provided by guest speaker Judy Kramer.Join Judy Kramer and the Environmental Volunteers to learn about the stories of local birds, told through their photographs in “Every Bird Has a Story”. Explore their fascinating lives and behaviors; ...
Join our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 08/23/21
Secure and Interpretable AI: Scalable Interactive and Practical Tools - LivestreamWe have witnessed tremendous growth in Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) recently. However, research shows that AI and ML models are often vulnerable to adversarial attacks, and their predictions can be difficult to understand, evaluate and ultimately act upon.Discovering real-world vulnerabilities of deep neural networks and countermeasures to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 08/24/21
Effects of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments - bridging the gap between lab and field - LivestreamHumans consume more pharmaceuticals than ever, and consumption is set to rise. The rise in demand has resulted in an increase in the quantity and diversity of pharmaceutical contaminants being discharged into the environment.As Victoria’s environmental regulator, EPA’s goal is to protect the environment and human health from harm due ...
Where: Cost: Free
Afternoon Hike on the Coast with POST!Join us for a beautiful, 6-mile walk along the Cowell-Purisima Trail that POST helped to create by protecting adjacent farmland. This hike will be approximately 6 miles out and back, completing most of the Cowell Purisma Trail. We will provide guests the option to turn back at the halfway point in ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: Free
Caring for Ourselves: The Science of Emotional Resilience - LivestreamAs we continue to navigate the COVID-19 crisis, how can we re-emerge with a sense of hope and vitality? Join us for a talk with Amy Eva, Associate Education Director at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. Her presentation features research-based skills and strategies for developing self-compassion during ...
Where: Cost: Free
Collecting Kelp - LivestreamThe California coast is a dynamic, active system that supports all sorts of ocean organisms. Dive below the surface at today's online event inspired by the Exploratorium’s once-a-year dry-docking of our data collection buoy and examination of the organisms that have taken residence on its underside over the past year. How ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Fungal World Wide Web - LivestreamHidden in the ground beneath us is an information superhighway made up of diverse biological cell populations that allow individuals who may be widely separated to communicate and help each other out. This biological World Wide Web is made up of fungi. Fungal bodies are made up of a mass ...
In November 2018, Paradise, California suffered through the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century. The Camp Fire leveled the mountain town, killing 85 people and destroying more than 18,000 structures. At the time, reporter Lizzie Johnson was a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Her definitive firsthand accounts of ...
Salish Sea Minke Whales: Insights From a 40-Year Study of Photo-ID - LivestreamMinke whales are the most numerous whale species worldwide, yet relatively little is known about this small whale. In the Northeast Pacific, the minke is surprisingly rare despite never being subject to the commercial hunts that other large whale species were. Eleanor Dorsey started the first study of minke whales ...
