Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in extreme wildfires, driven by climate change factors likeincreasing temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and prolonged droughts. The escalating wildfire crisis poses a complex and growing environmental engineering challenge, threatening ecosystems, communities, and critical infrastructure. Climate change intensifies these wildfire events, with areas like ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Morning Hike at Bear Creek RedwoodsJoin us for this beautiful hike! A POST volunteer will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before the hiking group explores a strenuous but mostly shaded 5.4 mile hike with ~900 feet of elevation gain.In one of the county’s best preserved, second-growth coastal redwood forests, we’ll ...
Science is for everyone - and benefits everyone. When the federal government supports scientific research through taxpayer funding, it fuels innovation, creates jobs, and sustains the world we live in. From purified water to the polio vaccine to the cell phone you might be reading this on, science has significantly ...
Join us for a conversation with Eric Schmidt as he delves into AI’s societal and ethical implications. Drawing from his new book, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit, Schmidt will share insights and stories about the critical role of AI in U.S. national security, the ethical and trust ...
UCSC Silicon Valley Graduate Student Assembly Presents an afternoon with Nathan Lambert, Alessio Fanelli, and Dylan Patel.Room: Event CenterAttend in person or watch on Youtube
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
First Friday: Space for HerIn September of 2025, NASA’s Artemis 2 is set to launch their first crewed mission of the Orion Spacecraft, which will land the first woman on the moon. Meanwhile, women have been making monumental advancements in space science for decades. This First Friday, come hear from some phenomenal women and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 General, $5 kids/seniors, free for members
Free First Friday: Wild Monterey Bay Book Talk and 'From the Unreal to the Real' exhibit openingJoin us for a special night with the editors and storytellers of Wild Monterey Bay, a beautiful book that explores the interactions between humans and the wildlife that lives here. Authors of the book will be there to tell their amazing tales, and copies of the book will be available ...
The Moon and Mars are humanity’s destinations in space this century. Why and how will we explore these worlds? When will we go? Where will we land, what will we see, and what will we do? And who will go? Dr. Pascal Lee is a leading planetary scientist working on planning ...
