Fish and other marine life in the ocean are suffering due to pressures from fishing, habitat loss, declining water quality and climate change. Join Sylvia Earle, oceanographer, author, and National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence to learn about the complex threats facing marine life today, and how special protections may offer solutions ...
Dr. Fred Luskin teaches a variety of classes on happiness at Stanford. He's part of a movement that looked at psychology in the mid-1990's and saw science based on what's wrong with people: misery, anger, frustration, and depression. His focus is not on what's gone wrong, but instead on what ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Science In ActionThe Science in Action program, sponsored by the Northern California Chapter of American Vacuum Society [NCCAVS], provides an opportunity for students ages 6 through 12, to understand about the air surrounding us. Using a different student for each demonstration and experiment provides hands-on participation. From seeing a partially expanded and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Causal Effect of Environmental Catastrophe on Long-Run Economic GrowthDo natural disasters have a causal effect on economic development? Reconstructing every country's physical exposure to the universe of tropical cyclones during 1950-2008, we exploit year-to-year variation in cyclone strikes to identify the effect of disasters on long-run growth. The data reject long-standing hypotheses that disasters stimulate growth via "creative ...
Heinrich Spiecker M.S '71 is director of the Institute for Forest Growth at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he is also a professor. He has conducted extensive forest management research in Germany and internationally on issues such as changes in forest productivity; growing valuable broadleaved trees; and options for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Houge Park Start PartyMeet with members of San Jose Astronomical Society for a Star Party, weather permitting.
As the tools for exploring the physical properties of space systems have evolved, we have discovered an unprecedented array of information that connects us deeply to our Universe. We live in a time when scientists have discovered nearly 780 extrasolar planets; when it has become routine to determine the ...
