Rockefeller University

Calendar
Directory
Careers
Give
  • PHE
  • News
  • Areas of Research
  • Publications
  • Talks and Podcasts
  • Staff and Contacts

Program for the Human Environment

Plant and animal diversity is declining, but what about microbial diversity?

May 11, 2021September 14, 2021

Spurred by PHE Guest Investigator and microbiologist David Thaler’s publication, “Is global microbial biodiversity increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?” , David and Jesse Ausubel co-author a 900-word essay raising the question of what’s happening to microbes in RealClear Science.

Posted in News, Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA), DNA Barcoding, Forests, Farms and Materials, Technology & Human Environment, The Microbial Environment

Post navigation

← Quantifying forest change in the European Union
MV Environmental Film Festival →
All What's New Publications

What’s New

  • “Cosmic View of Life” paper and video released September 4, 2025
  • Leonardo Da Vinci DNA project publications September 4, 2025
  • Short essay by Jesse on defending America’s submerged borders June 17, 2025
  • AI & Energy foreseen in 2019 June 5, 2025
  • 25th birthday of Ocean Biodiversity Information System May 27, 2025
  • Times of London on Leonardo DNA Project May 26, 2025
  • New in Loglet Lab 5.1 May 26, 2025
  • Quiet Ocean program’s 14th newsletter April 22, 2025

See all


The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
212-327-8000
  • Contact Us
  • Directory
  • Maps & Directions
  • Clinical Studies
  • Calendar
  • Careers
  • Departments & Services
  • Policies & Forms
  • Undergraduate Programs
  • Graduate Program in Bioscience
  • For the Press
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Copyright 2004–2025 The Rockefeller University. All rights reserved.
Conflict of Interest in Research
Inside