Earth ExpoEarthEXPO is an annual environmental fair hosted by the City of Oakland Public Works Department. The fair highlights transportation, environmental health, waste reduction, water, energy, urban design, nature and community themes. Approximately 100 exhibitors will gather to showcase their contributions for a sustainable environment to an estimated 3,000 attendees.EarthEXPO is ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Epigenetic regulation and local adaptation in marine musselsTwo populations of the marine mussel, Mytilus californianus, reside along the Oregon coast and experience marked differences in environmental and oceanographic conditions despite being only 65Km apart. Previous research suggests these populations experience high levels of gene flow resulting in genetically homogenous populations. As a result, it is assumed differences ...
Data-driven algorithmic technologies increasingly act as mediators between people and the world around them â curating Facebook walls, managing smart city infrastructure, and informing government policy decisions on important issues like immigration law. These technologies can help organizations process massive amounts of data and provide insights beyond what the human ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Fossil Foraminifera: What are they? Primary informers about how our planet worked in the past.By studying fossil foraminifera (unicellular marine organisms) and the composition of their tiny shells, geoscientists learn what our planet looked like in the past, 100s of millions of years ago . These "forams" can tell us what the temperature was like, how big Earth's ice caps were, what type of ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
How Things in the Universe Came About and How They Ended Up Within UsDr. Tom Abel will take the audience on a journey through the early stages of the universe, using the latest computer animations of how the first stars formed and died, and how stars built up the first galaxies. His work has shown that the first luminous objects in the universe ...
