Photo from Encyclopedia of Life launch

Photo from With the Encyclopedia of Life launched, we post a photo of most of the participants in the brainstorming meeting sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation at the Woods Hole…

Farewell Smriti

The Program for the Human Environment bids a fond farewell to research assistant Smriti Rao, who worked with us beginning in October 2008 and now relocates to San Diego. We…

Jesse’s Oceanaut Portrait

…Kostyrko of 24 notable ocean explorers, including Jacques Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, and Robert Ballard…and Jesse Ausubel. On-line, the portraits are arranged alphabetically from Ausubel to Widder and also include Captain…

Deep Carbon Observatory midterm scientific report

Deep carbon science is rising. A Press release highlights publication of the Deep Carbon Observatory’s midterm scientific report and participation at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December 2014 in…

TED Conference

The Technology-Entertainment-Design (TED) conference that helped launch the Encyclopedia of Life and connect it with hi-techsters prepared a 4-minute, 13 MB video [download it here] that both reports on progress…

Chekhov anticipates environmental concerns

Russian writer Anton Chekhov anticipated 21st century environmental concerns about forests and climate (in an exchange in the first act) Â of his 1899 play Uncle Vanya….

Vote for Encyclopedia of Life Video

The short video about the Encyclopedia of Life has been nominated for a Webby Prize. Please considering voting for it!…

Reality of German Renewables

We admire everything that Vaclav Smil writes, for both his insights and lively style.  This essay, How Green Is Europe?, exemplifies the bracing cold shower one receives from reading…