Program for the Human Environment

Our paper “Identification of Birds Through DNA Barcodes” is published in PLoS Biology and is featured by Science and Nature online.

Links can be found on our
Barcode of Life website

The Rockefeller University issues a press release about our new paper with Paul Hebert & Co. on DNA barcoding of North American birds.

Our endlessly creative and provocative Cornell colleague Thomas Gold passed away on 22 June at age 84. Tommy pioneered thinking about abiogenic methane and the deep hot biosphere. He opened our eyes in the late 1970s to the possibility that the popular beliefs about the origins of “fossil fuels”, and their abundance and distribution, might be ripe for scientific revolution. The 14 September New York Times reports a new PNAS article providing strong evidence for Tommy’s view. A memorial service is planned for Tommy in Ithaca on 13 October.

We are delighted to welcome back Iddo Wernick as a part time Research Investigator this Fall with PHE!

An article in the Sunday 28 August 2004 New York Times Week in Review refers to our view that 2-3% annual rates of progress might restore nature. Support for our view is found in our ImPACT Identity studies.