Exploratorium Lab and Lunch: Surface Currents"Surface Currents, or How to Study the Ocean Without Getting Wet" with Toby Garfield, Director of the Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State's Field Station on the Bay. Using high-tech instruments and new visualizing capabilities Toby Garfield's group at Romberg Tiburon Center are providing new ways to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Local process and pattern in the Everglades restorationSince the turn of the 20th century, varying sections of the Everglades have been drained via canals, converted to agriculture, enriched with phosphorus, and unnaturally flooded throughout the constructions of impoundments. Levee projects have culminated in the development of 1000 miles of canals, 720 miles of levees, 16 pumping stations, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
History of the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersJoin Ranger Bill to learn about the "When/Where/Why/What/ How," the diverse, complex, many faceted missions, goals and objectives of the USACE's "Birth" in 1775 under General George Washington.
In 1872, the headwaters of the Yellowstone River and the surrounding forests, canyons and geyser basins were designated the world's first national park. Since then, most nations around the world have protected important biological places. Today, depending on how you measure it, six to 12 percent of the world's land ...
Why go fast? Compared to moving slowly, the advantages seem obvious: find food first, forage more widely, and escape more rapidly! But, in the water, being speedier incurs huge energetic costs, with moving a little bit faster skyrocketing the amount of fuel you need. This trade-off between speed and energy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, Free Members
Brown Dwarfs: The Spectroscopy of Sub-stellar ObjectsThe most massive planet is nearly 6 times lighter than the least massive star. In between is the realm of brown dwarfs. In 1995 both the first brown dwarf and the first exoplanet were discovered. Since then we have found hundreds of each, and have learned quite a bit. Recent ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #40: Science Rapping, Renaissance Handwriting, and Sharks!"Science Rapping from Auckland to Oakland" by Tom McFaddenWhat is the Holy Grail of science rap? Science history battles–written and performed by middle-schoolers–that explore the nature and ethics of science over Kanye beats. Picture Rosalind Franklin vs. Watson & Crick over "Clique." Tom's traveled the world dropping science rhymes, but ...
