A fish of many scales: Managing threatened and endangered fish species in the West Coast Region The California Current Ecosystem produces abundant ecosystem goods and services including fisheries, recreation, tourism, energy production, climate regulation, pollution control, and transportation. This highly productive ecosystem is fueled by cyclic upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water. Although occasional extinction of species is natural, extinctions are currently occurring at a rate that ...
To help protect climate, California is currently pursuing 40 and 80% reductions in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (below 1990 levels) by 2030 and 2050, respectively. While carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption is estimated from sales tax receipts, non-CO2 GHG emissions are much more difficult to account for accurately and ...
Home to our country's largest agricultural economy, California employs an estimated 500,000-800,000 farmworkers, many of them immigrants. As federal immigration policy shifts, this key sector of California's economy faces a massive and fundamental challenge to maintain its seasonal workforce. Join Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bioinspired Designs from Gripping Geckos, Bouncing Bugs, Leap’n Lizards, and Smart Squirrels As human technologies take on more of the characteristics of Nature, Nature becomes a better teacher. The field of Biologically Inspired Design is becoming a leading paradigm for the development of new technologies. BioMotion Science has figured prominently in advancing our understanding. Geckos climbing with hairy toes has resulted in ...
