San Francisco Metblogs » Science http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Up in the Air on Global Warming http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/05/18/up-in-the-air-on-global-warming/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/05/18/up-in-the-air-on-global-warming/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 01:59:47 +0000 Joann Landers http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=6674

Ira Flatow

Last week I spent 45 minutes (the time it takes to get from South San Francisco to San Jose) with Ira Flatow. He is the founder and president of Science Friday. I told Ira that I had my doubts about global warming, so he spent a good deal of the trip trying to enlighten me. Though he had some good arguments, they didn’t convince me (yet) to see the light, or should I say “the warm”. Bantering things around with the good-natured Mr. Flatow was enjoyable.   scifri on twitter

Brian Sussman

Today I met Brian Sussman. He was a local science reporter and meteorologist for KPIX, and now he hosts a morning radio show on KSFO-AM. I’ll be reading his book, Climategate, to get his view on global warming.

I guess time will tell…

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2010/05/18/up-in-the-air-on-global-warming/feed/ 1 NASA 3D View of the San Andreas Fault! http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/06/25/nasa-3d-view-of-the-san-andreas-fault/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/06/25/nasa-3d-view-of-the-san-andreas-fault/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:18:53 +0000 Richard Ault http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=5788 From Nov. last year, but posted recently as a NASA image of the day we bring you a killer 3D view of the San Andreas Fault running up the peninsula and out to see north of Pacifica. This project is about mapping which parts of the fault are creeping past each other with little “stickiness,” and which parts appear to be locked together—places where pent-up stress may be released suddenly in a major earthquake.

San Andreas Fault Satellite Imagery

San Andreas Fault Satellite Imagery

To read more about NASA’s mission to map the San Andreas and related faults with radar imagery, please read Scientists Search for a Pulse in Skies Above Earthquake Country.

]]> http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/06/25/nasa-3d-view-of-the-san-andreas-fault/feed/ 1 Cal Academy Wins Award of Excellence! http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/05/13/cal-academy-wins-award-of-excellence/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/05/13/cal-academy-wins-award-of-excellence/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 20:55:56 +0000 Richard Ault http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/05/13/cal-academy-wins-award-of-excellence/ The Green Roof Industry Association has awarded the new Cal Academy of Sciences with an award of excellence for their green roof installation. The new Academy opens on September 27, 2008. The living roof is a key part of the platinum LEED certification the museum has accomplished. From the southeast view the building truly blends in to the landscape. From the west, see picture below, still a sight to behold.

The roof also retains 2 million gallons of rainwater, preventing 70% of the rainwater that falls on the roof from becoming runoff. The water that does run off the roof is collected in basement-level cisterns and reused for roof irrigation. No potable water will be used to irrigate the living roof.

The roof covers an ambitious 197,000 sq. ft. to a depth of 6-7 inches and cost $17 per sq. ft. In conjunction with the building’s other innovative sustainable features, the living roof contributes to many of the anticipated LEED® points, which, when achieved, will make the Academy the world’s largest LEED® Platinum -certified public space

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Photo Credit: Peter Kaminski. H/t to Inhabitat.

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