How Did Noah’s Ark Float?

…were wiped out 65 million years ago. Government officials trying to protect the modern world’s wildlife gather in Bonn from May 19-30 for a meeting of the U.N. Convention on…

Breakthrough Institute prize

…made a major contribution to realizing a future where all the world’s inhabitants can enjoy secure, free, prosperous, and fulfilling lives on an ecologically vibrant planet.” Jesse was chosen “in…

DNA Barcoding of Nutritional Supplements

…Barcode of Life supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Mark led the writing of a December 2003 meeting report that envisioned “a world in which any person anywhere anytime…

Gizmodo on populations

…a simple question to a handful of relevant experts. This week’s question is: Is the world overpopulated? Jesse Ausubel draws on our carrying capacity work to offer an answer: https://earther.gizmodo.com/is-the-world-really-overpopulated-1834854464…

Industrial Ecology: A Coming of Age Story

JH Ausubel. Resources 130: 14 1998 Published by Resources for the Future, Washington, DC

This article was published in the Resources for the Future (Washington, D.C.) newsletter Resources. Posted with permission. The Greek oikos, for house, fathered the siblings economics and ecology. Economics, literally, are…

Microbial diversity

world of plants and animals, we have a far weaker grasp on the question of whether global microbial diversity is increasing, decreasing, or staying the same. In an article published…