Joshua Viers joined the CITRIS leadership as the director at UC Merced in August 2013. Prior to this, Dr. Viers has been serving in a research capacity at UC Davis for 10 years since receiving his Ph.D. in Ecology there, most recently as Associate Research Scientist in the Department of ...
Among the most important tools for oceanography is the CTD. For many marine scientists working in near-shore environments, the cost of this essential tool can exceed their total research budget. The OpenCTD is a project to develop a low-cost, open-source CTD for use by both educators and scientists. It is ...
The concept of time is a well recognized enigma in physics. According to the great physicist John Archibald Wheeler: Beyond all day-to-day problems in physics, in the profound issues of principle that confront us today, no difficulties are more central than those associated with the concept of time. In computer ...
Stephen Palumbi: The Extreme Life of the SeaStephen Palumbi, one of today's leading marine scientists, takes us on an adventure to the absolute limits of the aquatic world – the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans, diving into the icy Arctic and boiling hydrothermal vents all while exposing the eternal darkness of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
Lifting the Cosmic Veil: A Decade of Highlights from the Spitzer Space TelescopeAs the infrared cousin to Hubble, the Spitzer Space Telescope was launched in 2003 to study the cool universe with waves that are invisible to the human eye. It was designed to probe the birth and youth of stars and planetary disks, and to observe some of the most distant ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Tides on San Francisco Bay by Kame RichardsRacers, cruisers, power boats, kayaks and swimmers will see and learn how the tides move on San Francisco Bay. $15 Reservations a must, call 408-263-7877 or email jimtantillo@comcast.net
Globular clusters are ancient stellar systems that formed at very early times in the history of the Milky Way galaxy. Professor Smith's talk will examine how globular clusters are distributed within the Milky Way, their ages, chemical compositions, and the types of stars found within them. Such basic properties of ...
Worrying about The Big One? Wondering about native bivalves? Wary of the battle between mind & body? Well, quake no more, 'cause we have three disaster experts ready for any catastrophe, an aw-shucks oyster authority dropping some pearls of wisdom, and a physician assistant first doing no harm and then ...
