Climate and Energy in Africa: What We're Getting WrongVia the SDGs and COP, the world is committed to tackling the big global crises of poverty and climate change. But the policies for fostering net zero emissions, universal access to energy, and full employment are confused when it comes to Africa, a region that will soon be home to ...
Using proxies to assess anthropogenic effects on under-monitored equatorial Pacific reefsCoral reefs are struggling as anthropogenic warming fuels an increase in the frequency and intensity of Marine Heat Waves, causing widespread bleaching and coral death. Yet some reefs, including those in the bullseye of El Niño’s impact, endure. Uncovering their secret could shed critical new light on the mechanisms by ...
Dr. Kristy Red Horse is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Department of Biology and Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine. She is interested in cardiovascular development and regeneration. Current research in the Kristy Red-Horse Lab, centers on how coronary vessels of the heart develop duing embryogenesis and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Getting information from quantum black holesBlack holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, which makes them interesting for theorists trying to understand how the foundational theories of physics - quantum mechanics and general relativity - work together. I’ll describe recent progress on this problem, driven by looking at black holes through the lens ...
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with anthropogenic emissions serving as a key contributor to climate change. In the oil and gas sector, “super-emitters†are a relatively small number of methane sources that are disproportionately responsible for a large fraction of total methane emissions. However, advances in remote sensing technologies ...
Using new and published marine fossil radiocarbon (14C) measurements, a tracer uniquely sensitive to circulation and air-sea gas exchange, we establish several benchmarks for Atlantic, Southern, and Pacific deep-sea circula- tion and ventilation since the last ice age. We find the most 14C-depleted water in glacial Pacific bottom depths, rather ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Symmetry, topology, and the many faces of condensed matterSymmetry is powerful principle in physics, allowing us to make exact statements even in regimes where controlled calculations are challenging or impossible. Thus, understanding the ways in which different types of symmetries can constrain phases of matter is an important component of understanding what nature is capable of. Â In this ...
Increasingly severe and frequent floods and droughts inevitably spur calls for higher levees, bigger drains, and longer aqueducts. But as we grapple with extreme weather, a hard truth is emerging: our development, including concrete infrastructure designed to control water, is actually exacerbating our problems. Because sooner or later, water always ...
With hundreds of bird species found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, we are fortunate to have several birding organizations dedicated to appreciating and conserving the birds here. In the third part of SFBBO's Birding the Bay Area series, Madrone Audubon and Napa-Solano Audubon will share a few of their ...
The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the modern era. All the matter that we see makes up just one sixth of the total mass of the Universe - there’s five times as much again in this mysterious stuff we call ‘dark matter’. We know ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wednesday, 05/03/23
Polycentric governance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin DeltaDr. Rittelmeyer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior at UC Davis where she researches science integration into policy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Her dissertation examined perceptions of flood risk through interviews, media coverage of past flood events, and the timing of floods during ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Thursday, 05/04/23
Climate Displacement in the Shadow of War: Feminist Refugee Perspectives on Hydro-disaster“Climate-related migration,†“disaster mobility,†and “climate refugees†have become salient topics in the last decade in both the political and scholarly realms. Most of the discourse looks to the future, with mass migrations expected in the wake of ever more severe climate change. These climate mobilities tend to be regarded ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Drop. Cover. Hold On.Amy Williamson from UC Berkeley Seismology Lab presents a talk on earthquakes in California.
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
NightLife: Feel the ForceThe force is strong with this NightLife.You have been invited on a mission to party like a rebel in a galaxy not-so far, far away. Gather the droids, alert the Jedis, load up your X-wing, and get ready for an epic galactic adventure featuring a live lightsaber duel, cosmic marketplace, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: RootsUncover the underground life of plants! Find out how plant roots serve up necessary carbon, water, and more for healthy life - then hear from researchers about how roots adapt to climate change. Get an up-close look at root systems, and learn about the vast underground networks that connect plants ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
The Insect Crisis is a Human CrisisInsects can seem to be everywhere, all at once, sometimes to an annoying extent. Three out of four every four known animal species on Earth are insects, after all. But these dazzlingly adept creatures, which pre-date the dinosaurs, are suffering a silent yet hugely consequential crisis, with their numbers plummeting ...
The incomparably dynamic theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku is a correspondent for CBS: This Morning, host of two weekly science radio programs, and the author of many books including The Future of the Mind, Physics of the Impossible, and The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $49
Friday, 05/05/23
Bair Island Walking TourJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at Bair Island! You’ll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you can do to contribute.This easy 1.5 mile walk with little to no ...
First Friday Climate Series: What is Weather?Ever wonder what happens in our atmosphere that can make it cold and rainy one day and hot and dry the next? Weather is a series of events that result in some amazing and downright fascinating effects. But how does this all work? Come learn from meteorologists and scientists how ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
Cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing human origins research and changing the way we understand our uniquely human traits. In this lecture, Gordon P. Getty Award laureate Dr. Carol Ward will guide us through the process of finding fossils and using modern approaches to unlock their secrets.Attend in person or online
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Students and Leaky members Free
Drop-in anytime between 9 am and 11 am to bird with us! SCVAS volunteers will be stationed at Palo Alto Baylands on the north side of the duck pond with binoculars to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. No RSVP ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
One Tam Forest Health TourWalk and talk with One Tam partner staff through a Forest Health project area. Learn more about the why's and how's of One Tam's work to help improve the health and resilience of Mt. Tamalpais'Â forests. Led by Danny Franco, Project Manager at the Parks Conservancy, and Suzanne Whelan, Volunteer Coordinator ...
'All the Little Things' - EcoCenter Family EventIn this special public program, join the Environmental Volunteers to learn about the importance of the "little things" in our ecosystem - insects, decomposers, etc. Discover how these organisms that we don't always see help the environment in big ways. This event will feature 3 separate activity stations, each with a ...
 Every human's previous encounters with reality are the source of internal mental predictions that help to shape future experiences. So, seeing the "real world" (or hearing sounds, or feeling pain, or ...) involves a personal, ideosyncratic filter/kaleidoscope. This prediction-based theory of mind is quite hopeful. More than a facile version ...
Where: Cost: Free
WHISPERS FROM THE COSMOS: The Dawn of Gravitational Wave AstronomyVirtually everything we know about the Universe has been discovered from the study of photons --- light in all its myriad forms from radio waves, to visible light, to x-rays and beyond. At the dawn of the 21st century, advanced technology is providing access to the Cosmos through detection of ...
