The importance of submesoscale instabilities, particularly mixed layer baroclinic instability and symmetric instability, on upper-ocean mixing and energetics is well documented in regions of strong, persistent fronts such as the Kuroshio and the Gulf Stream. Less attention has been devoted to studying submesoscale flows in the open ocean, far from long-term, ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
The Twisted Universe: Constraints on Parity Violation within the CMBThe cosmic microwave background (CMB) has spectacularly advanced our understanding of the origin, composition, and evolution of our universe. Yet there is still much to glean from this, the oldest light in the universe. Powerful telescopes are plying the skies in a quest to discover new physics. This talk concentrates ...
Speaker: Guillermo Aguilar joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California Riverside, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007, Full Professor in 2012 and since 2013 serves as the Department Chair. His current research interests include cryogen spray cooling, laser-tissue interactions, biomedical optics and medical lasers.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Empowering Stakeholders and Decision Makers with Natural Capital InformationPeople depend on nature to sustain and fulfill human life, yet the values of nature are typically ignored in decisions. Mapping and modeling ecosystem services can help highlight the diverse benefits provided to people by nature (what and where) and explore how those benefits might change under different management options--thus ...
The common wisdom about Artificial Intelligence is that we are building increasingly intelligent machines that will ultimately surpass human capabilities, steal our jobs, possibly even escape human control and take over the world. This narrative is both misguided and counterproductive. A more appropriate framing–better supported by actual events and current ...
Three political heavyweights from the Bay Area will discuss what needs to be done to protect the region from rising tides and temperatures. The June ballot in all nine counties includes Measure AA, which would charge property owners $12 apiece to restore wetlands safeguarding Silicon Valley and beyond. The Howard ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 members, $7 Students
The Coming Dementia Epidemic: Is Alzheimer's Preventable?: Marin Science Seminar PresentationDementia is a common disease that affects the brains of older adults. Over time, people with dementia loss the ability to perform even the most basic of daily activities -- such as getting dressed, eating, bathing and using the toilet -- without help. About 1 in 9 people over the ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #71: DNA Day, Baseball Analytics, & Tobacco ControlToast to the double helix with the most at this month's Nerd Nite SF! But that's not all – we'll learn what baseball analytics has to teach us about data science, and how vaping is changing the tobacco control game. Plus there'll be science rhymes, bao, librarians, libations, and a ...
