Clarity and Transparency for MPAsSpeaker:Â The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Distinguished University Professor and Marine Studies Advisor to the President, Oregon State University
The characteristic variability of coastal carbonate chemistry continues to provide significant hurdles for understanding coastal acidification dynamics. This talk addresses natural and anthropogenic carbon cycling interactions on diel, seasonal, and decadal time scales to estimate current and future acidification trajectories in estuary habitats typical of the northern California Current. Our ...
This paper investigates the role of income-driven differences in consumption patterns in explaining and projecting energy demand and CO2 emissions. We develop and estimate a general equilibrium model with non-homothetic preferences across a large set of countries and sectors, and trace embodied energy consumption through intermediate use and trade linkages. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Political Economy of Shifting Renewable Energy Targets: A Global PerspectiveIn order to incentivize renewables, governments often utilize the setting of targets as a clear expression of policy priority. By 2015, 173 countries had adopted at least one type of renewable energy target. While the design of targets may vary, representing various levels of ambition and commitment, they ultimately aim ...
Can the culture of STEM help reproduce inequality?The professional cultures of STEM, which give each discipline its particular “feel†and unite discipline members under a taken-for-granted system of meanings and values, are not benign. Drawing from several NSF-funded survey and interview-based studies, I argue that these professional cultures can have ...
Join us for a conversation with Emily Melton, partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Melton began her career in entrepreneurship at DFJ, where she spent eight years building her skillset investing in companies like Meebo, Kudo and Flux. She worked at the Mayfield Fund for a just over a year, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale and Systems Scale by ImagingAs a fundamental unit of life, a cell is comprised of numerous different types of molecules that form intricate interaction networks, which function collectively to give the cell its life. Dissecting the inner workings of a cell thus requires imaging methods with molecular specificity, molecular-scale resolution, and dynamic imaging capability ...
Can we use the ocean without using it up? The task is daunting given current trajectories in fisheries, plastics and other pollutants, and the increasingly serious impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. However, new scientific insights, tools, and partnerships are providing hope that it is not too late to ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
IMPACT Speaker Series - Taking Flight with California CondorsRachel Westenholme, Condor Program Manager in Pinnacles National Park will be detailing the current efforts to save California Condors.After suffering dramatic declines and dropping to just 22 individuals by the 1980s, critically endangered California condors were raised in zoos and their reintroduction back in to the wild began in the ...
Where: OaklandCost:
Hardcore Natural History: Eucalyptus: Controversial and MisunderstoodTasmanian blue gum Eucalyptus has become a prominent feature of the California landscape since it "migrated" here in the mid-19th century. Join us and sponsor Wrath Winery to discuss the history, ecology, and human impacts of Eucalyptus in California with amateur naturalist Rick Van Stolk. Rick has almost a half ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost:
The Politics and Environment at the U.S. - Mexico borderBorders create separations but they are also meeting points, as well as frontiers where new experiments in bilateral cooperation are tested. This talk will use the US--Mexico border to explore the overlaps between migration and environmental issues. As it slices between nations, a border wall would block animal migration corridors ...
