From microplastics contamination through jellyfish metabolism to ocean carbon fluxEOMAR research focuses on plankton metabolism. We measure physiological and enzymatic respiration and ammonia excretion in mysids, protozoans, bacteria, macro-algae, and seawater from different oceanic areas. In addition, we study the effects of microplastic contamination on marine biota in the waters around the Canary Islands. Recently, we have begun looking at the ...
CITRIS Research ExchangeSpeaker: Vint Cerf, Google
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Advancing Coastal Risk Reduction with Ecosystems and EquityGlobally, extreme weather, sea-level rise, and ecosystem degradation are placing people and infrastructure at greater risk of damages from coastal hazards. Flooding and erosion may be reduced by intact reefs and vegetation when these habitats fringe vulnerable communities. Yet the magnitude and nature of these effects are highly context dependent, ...
BECCS is relied upon heavily in integrated assessment models that chart pathways to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, yet deploying this technology at scale will require overcoming a suite of ecological and economic challenges, including land use competition, hydrology, nutrient application, and large incremental costs. This talk will ...
LUX & XeBrA: dark matter searches and electric field breakdown studies in noble liquidsThe Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment recently concluded 3 years of rare event searches 4,850 feet below ground in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Since LUX was a two-phase time projection chamber, a precise understanding of electric field inside the detector was necessary for appropriate data ...
Climate change may be the most far reaching manifestation of white privilege and class privilege yet to face humankind. Caused overwhelmingly by high-consuming people, climate change is wreaking death and destruction foremost on impoverished people who also are disproportionately people of color. This presentation will first posit climate change as ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Science (and Art) of Active Transportation Planning in BerkeleyBerkeley is a leading city in promoting walking and biking for transportation. The City recently adopted a new Berkeley Bicycle Plan (2017), laying out a “Low-Stress†Vision Network to promote bicycling. Hear how a process of data collection, public engagement, and analysis led to this vision, as well as the ...
