Dr. Robert Ballard’s inspiring speech about ocean exploration begins at the 16-minute mark in this video from the 2016 National Ocean Exploration Forum held at the Rockefeller University 20-21 October.
We also post the Op-ed for the Marine Technology Society by VADM Gaffney (ret.) summarizing the findings of the 2016 National Ocean Exploration Forum.
A Press Release describes recent discoveries by ocean explorers and the 2016 National Ocean Exploration Forum, organized by Jesse Ausubel (Rockefeller University) and Paul Gaffney (Monmouth University). Thanks to the 110 participants and for great preparation by Alan Curry, Doris Manville, Karl Vilacoba, and Danica Simmons.
News reports of the recent discoveries:
Remotely operated vehicles expand reach for ocean researchers
WorkBoat (blog)–Oct 20, 2016
“A lot of the difficulty with ocean exploration since Ulysses is we move slowly at sea,” said Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human …
Strange purple sea creatures found in deep ocean trenches
BBC News–Oct 20, 2016
500 ‘Champagne’ Methane Seeps Discovered Off Pacific Coast
Live Science–Oct 20, 2016
Methane leak along the West Coast that could contribute to global …
Daily Mail–Oct 20, 2016
There’s an Enormous Natural Gas Seep Along the West Coast
Gizmodo India–15 hours ago
Deep Carbon Observatory researchers have created an eye-popping animation that shows volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and associated emissions since 1960…and reveals the seamy structure of the Earth. See the press release about Exhaling Earth and the 70-second E3 animation.
Coverage includes
Washington Post
Watch Earth pulse with earthquakes and eruptions in this stunning visualization
Daily Mail
Global system could help predict cataclysmic supervolcano eruptions
BBC
Volcano insight: Fifty years of eruptions revealed
EFE
Una aplicación compila todas las erupciones volcánicas desde 1960
ANSI
Eruzioni e terremoti, 50 anni di dati in un’app
New York Times
What 50 Years of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions Look Like
Congratulations to Liz Cottrell, Tobias Fischer, Marie Edmonds and Co. on super science!
The slides from Jesse Ausubel’s lecture on
Marine biodiversity revealed by extracellular DNA in seawater
are posted at the site of the conference celebrating the 70th birthday of Russia’s Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Thanks to Mark Stoeckle, who leads PHE’s eDNA work.
Distributor Music Box Films has posted the release schedule in USA theatres of the new Jacques Perrin documentary film about forests and forest fauna, The Seasons. Here is a photo with Kathleen Townsend, Jacques Perrin, and Jesse Ausubel at the dinner in honor of the film at the home of the French ambassador in Washington DC.
See also the earlier entries below.
During September, PHE welcomed a guest, Dr. David Burg, a biostatistician based at the Golan Research Institute in Katzrin, Israel, as a visiting researcher. Dr. Burg is working with PHE on a number of projects including the development of online software for statistical analysis of time series data as well as studies applying biological models to social and technical phenomena. We were fortunate enough to have the participation of many, if not all, the PHE members involved in the joint research. Pictured below with New York City in the background from left to right are: Jason, Mark, Jesse, Doris, Perrin, Iddo, and David Burg.
Deep Carbon Observatory researchers set off on quest to find the top temperature limit for life. Jesse, who helps manage the program for the Sloan Foundation, will join the shore-based team for a few days in early October. You can enter your own guess for the limit and win a prize!
Mark Stoeckle and David Thaler’s (former RU colleague, now at University of Basel) paper on what DNA barcodes reveal about human evolution and vice versa, entitled “Bridging two scholarly islands enriches both: COI DNA barcodes for species identification versus human mitochondrial variation for the study of migrations and pathologies” is published in open access Ecology and Evolution.
We have updated the lists of publications for Jesse Ausubel. The chronological list includes only scientific and scholarly works, which begin in 1978. The topical list allocates these papers to areas such as marine science, forests and energy, and also spans selected reports stemming from Jesse’s work with NAE, NRC, and the Carnegie Commission as well as informal works (including tributes, humor, poems, drama).
On 20-21 October, our Rockefeller-Monmouth Ocean Science & Policy Initiative will host the 2016 US National Forum on Ocean Exploration. For more information, click HERE. Attendance is by invitation only.