Will the rapid arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will autonomous cars merely put drivers out of work and clog our streets even more than before? No one knows for sure if the utopian or dystopian vision will arrive at your front door. What ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Causes for the 2013-2016 record Marine Heatwave in the NE PacificBetween the winters of 2013/14 and 2014/15 the northeast Pacific experienced its largest marine heatwave on record. The extraordinary warming persisted into 2015/2016 under the influence of an extreme El Niño event. Here Nate will review the extent to which regional atmospheric forcing of the NE Pacific marine heat wave was ...
Malthus continues to cast a shadow over environmentalism, especially in the debates over limits to growth. The important question is not whether Malthus was wrong, but why Malthus was wrong. In the first part of this lecture I will provide an alternative critique of Malthus’ infamous Essay on Population, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Conversations About Landscape: Coming to TermsThe collective impacts of humans on Earth - including the ongoing crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - seem to dwarf our individual efforts to protect the planet. What can we do that will make a difference?A growing community of scientists, citizen scientists, writers, activists, historians, artists, and philosophers ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Inheriting Cancer: When Risks Are in Your GenesCancer might be in your DNA. Cancer-causing mutations in the BRCA gene came roaring into our collective consciousness when Angelina Jolie candidly shared her decision to undergo a double mastectomy to prevent inherited cancer. How does a BRCA mutation affect the risk of cancer for both men and women? How ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
7:00-7:25: Goran Konjevod(Origami Artist) on "Origami Beyond Geometry"New approaches to design of folded objects go beyond just two-dimensional geometry...Read more7:25-7:50: Eva Silverstein(Stanford/ Cosmology) on "TBA"Abstract forthcomingRead more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wildlife and Habitat ConnectivityLecture will include a look at habitat connectivity and wildlife crossings.Speakers: Trevor Stevenson; Megan Isadora, River Otter Ecology Project; TBAEnvironmental Forum of Marin Lecture
