Observations of surface-atmosphere interactions using the CSU-MAPS, a mobile atmospheric profiling systemSpeakers: Dr. Andrew Oliphant, San Francisco State Univ.The RTC Seminar Series brings leading local, national, and international scientists to a public forum at RTC to speak about the latest advances in science, and provides an opportunity for graduate students to present research in progress. The Series is open to the ...
Climate Challenged SocietySpeaker: Richard Norgaard, Professor, Energy and Resources Group, University of California BerkeleyRoom 110
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Brittle Old Bones: The Bioarchaeology of Bone Loss and the Aging SkeletonBioarchaeology (the study of archaeological human remains together with contextual and documentary evidence) offers a unique avenue to investigate aspects of social change and identity in the past. As a dynamic tissue that is forged by biocultural factors over the entire lifetime, the human skeleton provides a record of individual ...
With 90% of the world's 8 million or so insect species still undiscovered, the age of exploration is far from over. We now have the technological tools to more accurately document that biodiversity through a process called integrative taxonomy. Oceanic islands are not only among the world's prettiest and most ...