The surface temperatures in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic have shown to dramatically increase along with global warming over the last few decades. The average temperature in Longyearbyen in Svalbard has increased by approximately 4 degrees Celsius since the opening of the University Studies at Svalbard about 30 years ago. ...
Happy New Year! 2024 brought us a lot of exciting space news, from a total solar eclipse to the launch of Europa Clipper and our celebration of 40 years as the SETI Institute. What does 2025 hold? Join hosts Beth Johnson and Franck Marchis for our first show of the ...
Professional pest management - the deliberate exclusion and removal of unwanted nonhuman life - is a form of overlooked and undervalued ‘dirty work’. Its unglamorous labour carries the stigma of engaging with squalid environments as well as the moral taint of animal execution. In light of this, and in a ...
GE Vernova was established in 2024 when General Electric spun off its energy businesses, including GE Power, GE Renewable Energy, and GE Digital.Building on 130+ years of experience, GE Vernova is leading a new energy era - electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. With a portfolio of 55,000 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
After Dark: Warm and FuzzyEnjoy a cozy night out at our galleries, where you’ll find dazzling artworks, fun programs, and warm company.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, free for members
NightLife x SoulovelySlide through for NightLife's first-ever musical artists-in-residence with Oakland's groundbreaking cultural affair Soulovely featuring Aïma the Dreamer, Lady Ryan, Emancipation, and more.Plus, you can:Step inside the iconic Shake House and our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore the Amazon’s treetops surrounded by free-flying birds and butterflies.Venture into our aquarium exhibit Venom ...
In the past decade, new studies of ancient DNA from fossils have shown that, until as recently as 40,000 years ago, our ancestors shared the planet with two close relatives, the Neanderthals and a mysterious group called the Denisovans. Both of those groups became extinct, but traces of their DNA ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fungi Fundamentals Part II: Top 10 Mushrooms of the Bay Area - LivestreamGet ready to level up your fungi knowledge with expert Christian Schwarz, co-author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, back for a fungi-tastic evening! Last year’s Fungi Fundamentals event was so popular that we couldn’t cap it there. Christian returns to share his expertise and passion for Bay Area mushrooms ...
Shorebirds are some of the most migratory species on the planet. However, their populations in the Western Hemisphere have been declining over the past 40 years. To better understand what is driving changes in shorebird populations and to turn data into knowledge and then conservation action, in 2011 Point Blue ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 01/10/25
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10
Saturday, 01/11/25
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors
The Physics Show - Three PerformancesThe Physics Show is a fun science show for kids and their families. This year we will have two weekends of shows in September and two weekends of shows in January.Tickets go on sale the first week of December, pending completion of construction at the venue.Performances at 10:00, 1:00, and ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: $6
The Restoration of Yerba Buena Island ??' Weaving Ecology with PlaceYerba Buena Island is the second largest natural island in San Francisco Bay. Together with the larger, man-made Treasure Island, its development and restoration is an on-going and multi-phase effort. Historically used as a naval base and training center, much of Yerba Buena Island’s native ecosystems have been replaced by ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Foothills Family Nature WalkEnvironmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help community members get to know our local open space areas. Small groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based activities, and a ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous FilmsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow with a program of radiant animation and short documentaries, both meditative and kinetic.TV Light by Bob Kaputof (2 min.)Magnetic Movie by Semiconductor (2007, 5 min.)Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Villa (2010, 4 min.)Daybreak Express by D.A. Pennebaker (1953, 5 min.) Rainbow Dance by Len Lye ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Weekend Workshop: Adapted for SurvivalDiscover the amazing world of animal adaptations and learn how different creatures survive in the wild by meeting live animals, examining biofacts, and playing fun games. Through these engaging activities, you’ll explore the unique traits and behaviors that help animals find food, protect themselves, and thrive in their habitats.Ages 5 ...
Where: San MateoCost: $55 General, $45 Members
City Public Star PartyCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!The event will take place in Tunnel Tops National Park, parking is located adjacent to Picnic Place (210 Lincoln Blvd for GPS) with the telescopes setup in the East Meadow.Dress warmly as conditions ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Aurora - One of Nature’s Amazing Light ShowsLast year, California was treated to four - rare for California - auroral displays. Some of them were strong enough to be seen in the greater Bay Area. What causes them? How did they get this far south? Can you see the aurora with the naked eye? Where do the ...
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors
The 18th Annual BAMS / Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus FairDuring the 18th Annual Fungus Fair, wild mushrooms collected in the park will be on display on the south porch of the Bear Valley Visitor Center with several mushroom-related exhibits inside the visitor center. We will also have presentations in the auditorium throughout the day. Roving Mushroom Ambassadors will be ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
The Physics Show - Three PerformancesThe Physics Show is a fun science show for kids and their families. This year we will have two weekends of shows in September and two weekends of shows in January.Tickets go on sale the first week of December, pending completion of construction at the venue.Performances at 10:00, 1:00, and ...
In the 17th century, the Cartesian coordinate system was groundbreaking. It exposed the unity between algebra and geometry, accelerating the development of the math that took humans to the moon. It was not just another concept, but a cognitive tool that people could wield to express abstract ideas in visual ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Automated Decision Making for Safety Critical Applications Building robust decision making systems for autonomous systems is challenging. Decisions must be made based on imperfect information about the environment and with uncertainty about how the environment will evolve. In addition, these systems must carefully balance safety with other considerations, such as operational efficiency. Typically, the space of edge ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Life and the Meaning of DeathAn Inuit tale describes that when an elder can no longer contribute to the village they voluntarily venture out “onto the ice” so the polar bears will eat them, in turn the young villagers hunt the bear to provide continuing nourishment to their village - completing the circle of life. ...
The Central Andean and Himalayan orogenic belts provide an ideal natural experiment to test the potential role of climate in controlling orogeny. Approximately equal in age and along-strike length, both orogenic wedges are forming in plate-marginal convergent tectonic settings: The Andes in a retroarc setting and the Himalaya in a ...
Speaker: Giancarlo Savini is an Investment Principal at Future Energy Ventures with 15 years experience in ventures investments and commercial partnerships in the energy transition space. He worked in Shell Ventures, Honeywell Ventures where he was involved in 21+ transactions in Energy SaaS software platforms, Biofuels, Hydrogen and Energy Storage. ...
The human embryo begins as a simple, two-dimensional sheet of cells, with each cell possessing the ability to give rise to any cell type in the body. As development progresses, this sheet repeatedly tears, folds, and elongates to form the complex structures that define the human body. These dramatic changes ...
Solid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. This has been particularly true for the subfield of superconductivity. One of the leading figures in this field for more than six decades was Stanford's Ted Geballe. We will review the ...
The traditional archival record has long been critiqued for the absence of depictions of Black life. Moreover, notions of Black livingness in sites of climate and environmental injustice, often known as “sacrifice zones” are often limited. Port Arthur, Texas is in many ways a “classic” example of one of these ...
How do we live with fire? Join us as for a talk about stewardship, resilience and hope.Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have been using it to shape the California landscape for thousands of years. But today many Californians' relationship to fire is one of fear. Obi ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, members received discount
Unlocking Nature's Secrets: The Art and Science of Wildlife Tracking for Conservation and Adventure!Bart Kowalski is a passionate wildlife tracker and an ecologist with over 10 years of experience in wildlife management, sensitive species monitoring, and habitat restoration. He has earned a Level 3 CyberTracker Track and Sign Certification and co-leads the Bay Area Tracking Club, where he guides and inspires a community ...
All known lifeforms rely on the same molecular mechanism to translate information carried by DNA and RNA into proteins. This translation is accomplished by an incredibly complex system involving many dozens of very large and precisely interacting molecules. All viruses, bacteria, plants, and animals ultimately inherited this common molecular machinery ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 01/15/25
Examining Southern Ocean natural iron fertilization through a bio-optical lens - LivestreamPrimary productivity in the Southern Ocean is seasonally limited by the micronutrient iron. Shipboard observations in this region have historically been sparse, limiting our understanding of how iron modulates productivity both at Southern Ocean basin and annual scales, and in remote coastal Antarctic regions. Bio-optical observations from autonomous platforms??"biogeochemical ocean ...
This talk will analyze the extent to which the current global climate governance system allows for the establishment of fundamental energy justice. In our energy transition, how can we avoid systemic reproductions of energy injustice that have been historically ingrained within global energy systems? To what degree does a just ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Lithium Economy: Supply Chain Innovation and the Business of Energy Scale-Up Join Stanford Energy Club for its first SustainX talk this winter with some insightful conversation on the intersection of supply chain innovation and business strategies in the rapidly evolving lithium economy on January 15th at 5 pm at the GSB (Room TBD). This event features Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why Silicon Valley Bank Crashed -What You Need to KnowWhy did Silicon Valley Bank fail this year, despite Dodd-Frank and despite seasoned senior managers? You get an explanation of some of the more important risk issues, FICO scores, Loss Given Default, company credit risk as a background to understanding SVB’s crash, the 2nd largest bank failure. And touch on ...
