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In 2008 a team of scientists warned that a large earthquake could hit Haiti. Local geologist Carol Prentice, who was part of that team, discusses how they came to that conclusion and how the Bay Area could be next.
The aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been devastating. The Academy is part of San Francisco’s Haiti Earthquake Relief program; we have a coin collecting machine on-site to collect donations to assist four different organizations. If you’re unable to visit us and would like to donate, you can also go to their website for more info.
Seismic Hazards in Haiti:
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The deeper NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope looks into space, the farther back in time it looks, because light takes billions of years to cross the observable universe. Hubble’s latest image shows 13 billion-year-old infant (and still forming) galaxies.
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Why have the California sea lions disappeared from Pier 39? And where have they gone? Will they return?
Some say it could be the El Nino that is possibly on it’s way. But one possible reason for their disappearance could be a failure in the upwelling off our coast. Upwellings bring nutrients from the ocean floor to the surface, bringing zooplankton– and their predators (small fish), and their predator’s predators (larger fish, mammals and birds) to that area. Here’s a great illustration of upwelling from our friends at Cordell Bank.
Sea Lion Disappearance:
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What effect will climate change have on the beloved coastal redwoods? Academy scientist Healy Hamilton decided to use these trees to show how climate change will affect different species. Her department gathered data and gave them to the science visualization department within the Academy. She took the resulting graphics to Copenhagen as part of a presentation at the climate conference. We were able to use them to tell this Science in Action story, too.
Coastal Redwoods and Climate Change:
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The octopus is widely regarded as the world’s smartest invertebrate, and now a new study adds evidence to that claim.
Those who work with cephalopods are not surprised; they know how intelligent these creatures are. In fact, we asked two of the Academy’s biologists about this finding. Nancy Levine talks about how she challenges our octopuses here and Rich Ross talks about the coconut octopus footage here.
