Dune EcologyDunes are more than sand! Dune ecosystems come in a variety of forms and support a diverse array of habitats, and the Presidio contains some of the finest examples of remnant and restored dune communities along the central coast of California. Michael Chasse (NPS, Natural Resource Management Specialist) will present ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donation requested
Big Science and the Launch of the Military Industrial ComplexThe birth of Big Science can be traced to Berkeley, California, nearly nine decades ago, when a resourceful young scientist pondered his new invention and declared, "I'm going to be famous!" Ernest Orlando Lawrence's cyclotron would change our understanding of the basic building blocks of nature. Its influence would be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
This week, NightLife is all about image. Be the first to peep the Academy's second-annual BigPicture wildlife photography exhibit and raise a glass to the best in nature and conservation photography at a special opening presentation, hosted by renowned conservation photographer Neil Ever Osborne and best-selling author and Academy researcher J. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Thursday NightsCome for the cocktails, stay for the exhibits, and indulge in endless exploration. We're now open every Thursday night to adults 18 and over; each week we offer a different program to stimulate your senses and expand your mind.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
A tsunami from western North America entered Japanese written history in Jan 1700Decades of basic research on both sides of the Paci c led to this discoveryThe findings underpin public-safety measures in the United States and Canada Mount Fuji along the highway between Kyoto and Edo, 1687. Pines on the spit at ...
