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When Words Aren’t Enough: The Visual Climate Story - LivestreamWhile IPCC risk assessments and emission projections can help us understand climate change, they don’t exactly inspire the imagination or provoke a personal response to the crisis. The solution? A growing league of storytellers who use photographs, films and the human experience to breathe life into the cerebral science of ...
Discovering new species of trees in South American Rainforests: The importance of describing biodiversity for the future of rainforest conservation with Paul Fine.REgister at weblink to receive Zoom infomration
Sexual assaults are an unfortunate reality in modern society, which includes situations in which the assailant is known or unknown. While DNA is the go-to forensic evidence in sexual assault cases, the reality is that the use of condoms in sexual assault is increasing in an effort to minimize the ...
Stanford evironmental scientist Rebecca Miller on "Prescribed Burns in California" - Over the past several years, California has experienced record-breaking wildfire seasons. Recent wildfires have prompted important policy conversations about prescribed burns, fires that are purposefully set to remove ground vegetation and reduce fire risks. What are the challenges that ...
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Wednesday, 03/03/21
Decarbonizing the Grid - The Role of Grid Interconnection - LivestreamRobust long-distance transmission lines (both HVAC and HVDC) will enable delivering clean energy to customers and expanding the ways that clean energy is used. Interregional planning and coordination are usually difficult in the U.S. due to different planning approaches, models, FERC 1000 processes, and market rules among the various RTO/ISOs. ...
Thanks to developments in genetic medicine, for the first time we have the ability to predict our genetic future, to diagnose and prevent disease before it begins, and to decode what it really means to be human. Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the possibilities for genetic medicine ...
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Seasonality from Shellfish: a Case Study in Archaeological Quantification - LivestreamShellfish tending and harvesting has been central to Indigenous management of marine resources in California throughout the Holocene, and today's Indigenous stewards and archaeologists alike understand that the seasonal rhythms associated with these activities are key to their ecological effectiveness. In order to detect these rhythms, scholars have often looked ...
Hear from renowned ocean explorer David Gallo, co-leader of the TITANIC and missing flight Air France 447 expeditions.Our oceans have long been a source of scientific investigation and play a fundamental part in supporting life on Earth. They represent the planet’s largest habitat and are home to more than half ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
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From communities to ecosystems: linking ecological responses to multiple global change drivers - LivestreamGlobal change is altering resource availability, which in turn is predicted to change the composition and functioning of communities. Here, I synthesize plant and ecosystem responses to resource manipulations from over 100+ global change experiments in the CoRRE (Community Responses to Resource Experiments) database. First, we show that community composition ...
Julia Olson will discuss constitutional climate lawsuits, focusing on Juliana v. United States, and the important intersection of science and constitutional law. This landmark case was filed in 2015 by twenty-one youth against the U.S. government for its affirmative actions that cause and contribute to the climate crisis and violate ...
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Astronomy on Tap West Los Angeles and Davis - Two talksDiscovering Other World:Speakers: Lizvette Villafana and Dakotah TylerOur Tiny Old Neighbors: The Milky Way's Ultra-faint Dwarf GalaxiesSpeaker: Katy Rodriguez WimberlySee weblink for YouTube link
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Thursday, 03/04/21
Searches for New Physics at the Edge of Absolute Zero - LivestreamWhy is there something in the universe instead of nothing?What is the nature of the dark matter that constitutes ∼85% of the matter content of the universe?Each of these two questions brings together physics on the largest of observable scales with the behavior of particles on the smallest of scales. ...
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Climate Change Innovation - LivestreamJoin Claire Broido Johnson, managing director of the University System of Maryland Momentum Fund, for a conversation with Daniel Kammen, MA, PhD, a leading renewable energy expert, professor of energy, government advisor, and startup founder.Hear about what we need to be successful in combating climate change, what gaps exist in ...
Last summer on Skeptical Inquirer Presents, pioneering virologist Paul Offit explored the critical question of the moment: Is “warp speed” too fast to develop a COVID-19 vaccine? Now that the vaccines are here, Dr. Offit is back to cut through the fog of misinformation and conspiracy theories to explain where ...
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The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them - LivestreamJoin the San Mateo Public Library for a virtual talk with renowned Stanford professor Dr. Euan Ashley, author of just-published book The Genome Odyssey. Ashley brings the breakthroughs of precision medicine to vivid life through the real diagnostic journeys of his patients and the tireless efforts of his fellow doctors and ...
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Black Holes: Facts, Myths, and Wishful Thinking - LivestreamIn this lecture, Prof. Canalizo will give a brief summary of our current knowledge of black holes. She will introduce some astronomical observations that have allowed us to learn about these fascinating yet mysterious objects, including the exciting recent discoveries regarding the supermassive black hole in our own Milky Way ...
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After Dark Online: Art + ScienceExplore the intersections of art and science through the practice of individual artists who weave science, technology, and methods of discovery in their practices. The artistic process, much like the scientific process, is a form of inquiry vital to learning - an open-ended process of investigation, speculation, imagination, and experimentation. ...
NightSchool celebrates International Women’s Day by handing over the mic and giving the spotlight to accomplished scientists. Alie Ward, host of Ologies podcast, leads an insightful discussion about what it’s like and what it means to be a woman in science in 2021.Ages 21+See weblink for YouTube and Facebook Live ...
Coffee is an important agricultural commodity contributing significantly to the economies of many developing countries. Of the 124 species of Coffea, the two main commercial species used in the production of the beverage are C. arabica (Arabica coffee) and C. canephora (robusta coffee). Arabica coffee accounts for about 60% of ...
With the global population surpassing 7.8 billion people in 2021, the impacts of human activities on the environment are noticeable almost everywhere on our planet. The consequences of these impacts are still elusive, particularly when trying to quantify them at larger scales. It is essential to trace environmental changes from ...
Peninsula Open Space Trust will host Richard Tejeda, Founder of Saved By Nature, for an overview of the native fish we have in our local watersheds on the SF Peninsula and in the South Bay, including local salmon and trout species. An avid angler, fish conservationist and environmental educator, Richard ...
The City of San Jose is implementing equity in all its transportation planning efforts. Come learn how the City has put equity into practice in its Citywide bike plan, emerging mobility plan, Citywide transportation strategic plan and its Decision Support System. We will discuss the processes we are using to ...
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Applications of Data Science and AI to Equity, Race, and Inclusion in Mobility and Transportation - LivestreamThis spring, Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies is planning to host a Zoom seminar series on "Applications of Data Science and AI to Equity, Race, and Inclusion in Mobility and Transportation." This topic would bring a unique and innovative perspective to existing discussions around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our aim ...
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Data Is Not the Destination: A Conversation with Naturalist Christian Schwarz - LivestreamExplore the roles of community science in studying and connecting to nature, through the marvelous world of mushrooms and their enthusiasts. We’ll also learn about local fungi and how you too can become a community scientist. An opportunity for Q&A discussion will follow the talk. This program is part of ...
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Saturday, 03/06/21
TEDXBERKELEY 2021: IMAGINE IF... - LivestreamIf all the clouds in the sky melted into cotton candy, would they taste blue or pink?As kids, questions like this came as naturally as breathing. With our imagination flowing freely, nothing was impossible. Imagination is a quality so deeply ingrained in human nature that we almost take it for ...
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Wildflower Identification - LivestreamIn this informative, virtual talk, learn how what we enjoy about flowers - scent, shape, lines, color patterns, etc. - can be used to identify flowers, and how these features help the flowers attract vital pollinators.Speaker: Judy Kramer, nature photographerRegister at weblink to receive connection information
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 ...
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Sunday, 03/07/21
TEDXBERKELEY 2021: IMAGINE IF... - LivestreamIf all the clouds in the sky melted into cotton candy, would they taste blue or pink?As kids, questions like this came as naturally as breathing. With our imagination flowing freely, nothing was impossible. Imagination is a quality so deeply ingrained in human nature that we almost take it for ...
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Monday, 03/08/21
In search for the elusive dark matter with the LZ experiment - LivestreamOne of the major questions remaining in modern cosmology as well as particle physics is the nature of dark matter which constitutes the majority of the matter content of the universe. Many observations point to its existence but its exact form has remained elusive. A new particle is a likely ...
We now know that supermassive black holes, with masses of millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, are found at the centres of most galaxies (including our own galaxy, the Milky Way). But where do they come from and how do they get so big? This talk ...
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Carbon Capture and Storage - Engineered Carbon Sequestration - LivestreamCarbon Capture and Storage is the process of capturing carbon dioxide, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere. There are many different places CO2 can be captured - from power plants to industrial centers to directly capturing this gas from the ...
As data becomes the fuel driving technological and economic growth, a fundamental challenge is how to quantify the value of data in algorithmic predictions and decisions. For example, CA Gov. Newsom recently proposed "data dividend" whereby consumers are compensated by companies for the data that they generate. In this talk ...
First discovered serendipitously in 1967, the phenomena known as gamma-ray bursts - short-lived, extremely bright flashes of high-energy radiation - mystified astronomers for decades. Despite many breakthroughs, key open questions - such as the mechanism responsible for the prompt gamma-ray emission, as well as a detailed characterization of their progenitor ...
Bill Gross is a pioneering renewable energy entrepreneur who has created seven billion-dollar-plus exits. Starting with creating a company called Solar Devices in high school, Bill has created more than 150 companies with more than 50 IPOs and acquisitions over the last 30 years.Bill is the creator of one of the ...
Dark matter could be a “thermal-ish" relic of freeze-in, where the dark matter is produced by extremely feeble interactions with Standard Model particles dominantly at low temperatures. In this talk, I will discuss how dark matter can be made through freeze-in, accounting for a dominant channel where the dark matter ...
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A fireside chat with two pioneers in science, Sandra M. Faber and Kathryn D. Sullivan - LivestreamWe are thrilled to invite you to an inspiring conversation with two of our most prominent trailblazers in science, and who we are proud to say will be distinctly honored in our transformed Science & Engineering Library.The conversation will explore their incredible careers and the influence UC Santa Cruz has ...
