Physical processes influence organisms and their ecology in innumerable and intriguing ways. I will discuss three examples from the marine realm where environmental physics play a potentially important role in the performance and success of shoreline species. Ocean acidification, a global-scale perturbation to the chemistry of seawater, alters predator-prey interactions ...
Gender diversity among leadership teams and the broader workforce offers demonstrated advantages for innovative thinking, job satisfaction, and corporate bottom lines. Yet the percentage of women in computing jobs has actually declined over the last 25 years, and now stands at roughly 25% in both industry and academia.Causes for this ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 - $100
Predator-Prey Dynamics Reveal Hidden Structure in the SeaThe average concentrations of biota in the ocean are generally low, a critical problem for ocean consumers. When we examine the biology with new tools guided by the predators themselves, we find that instead of being relatively devoid of life, the ocean is peppered with narrow hot-spots of activity. From ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Transparency, Governance and the Next-Generation of AccountabilityCan corporations be made responsible to citizens and stakeholders within the complex contexts of inequality and power? This lecture investigates how an innovative public policy platform promoted corporate accountability.Speaker: Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, UC Berkeley
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
California Power PoliticsClimate disruption and the California drought have been mocked or marginalized in the national political debate. Are Republicans and Democrats in California similarly divided? Where can they agree on water, energy, agriculture and other issues related to the changing climate? Climate impacts such as massive forest fires, rising tides, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Interplanetary space is not empty; a thousand satellites orbit the Earth and a constant stream of particles emanate from the Sun in a sweeping interplanetary wind. Giant explosions occur on the Sun which can release the energy of ~1 trillion atomic bombs within 100s of seconds. These magnificent explosions can ...
Chris Field and Katharine Mach will highlight ways science and climate responses have changed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, as well as next steps for driving up ambition globally. Chris Field is the founding director of Carnegie Science's Department of Global Ecology and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $10 General, Free for members
If you've never heard of Atlas Obscura or the Obscura Society, mega-fans Neil Gaiman, Mary Roach, Lena Dunham, and Guillermo Del Toro will be happy to tell you what you're missing. Â And you don't have to stay out of the loop for long. Join us for an evening of exploration ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $20 - $40 General, $10 Student
