Building DNA libraries: one-quarter world birds so far
As of October 11, 2008 researchers have deposited 14,594 DNA barcodes in BOLD representing 2,586 avian species, 26% of world’s 9,933 birds. You can browse taxonomic coverage to date at…
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Tom Malone
…which Jesse was the scribe. In 1984 Jesse portrayed Tom in a poem, “Tom Malone here.” For a summary of Tom’s many important roles, see https://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-development/news/in-memoriam-thomas-f-malone/ Tom’s tutelage in international…
Illinois Crop
The New York Times reported 8 December that USA corn yields have risen 31% since 1995. Despite the drought in Illinois in the summer of 2005, that State produced a…
Tropical tree identification with DNA
Two groups of researchers explore tropical forest plots with DNA barcodes in October 2009 PLoS ONE and Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (both open access, the latter Twittered!). It is…
Deep Carbon Observatory Decade celebrated
…a 684-page collection of 20 chapters by many authors edited by Beth N. Orcutt (Bigelow Lab, Maine, USA), Isabelle Daniel (University of Lyon, France), and Rajdeep Dasgupta (Rice University, Texas,…
The New Republic – America the O.K. -Why life in the U.S. has never been better
…State Conflict: The Role of Scientists in Mitigating International Discord,” A.L. de Cerreno and A. Keynan, ed., containing Jesse’s essay“International Conflicts over the Environment: Scientists’ Roles and Opportunities” (available fromPHE)….
Fish abundance survey by eDNA published
The paper Trawl and eDNA assessment of marine fish diversity, seasonality, and relative abundance in coastal New Jersey, USA by Mark Stoeckle, Jason Adolf, Zachary Charlop-Powers, Keith Dunton, Gregory Hinks,…
Lizard mitochondria converge on snakes–why?
In 2 june 2009 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA researchers from 5 American universities report on convergent molecular evolution among agamid lizards and snakes. In constructing a nuclear and mitochondrial…
Deep Carbon Observatory News
…Oil and Gas sector 23 December 2009 The new international Deep Carbon Observatory https://dco.ciw.edu/ led by Robert Hazen and Russ Hemley has launched its website. Jesse and Veselin Kostov have…
Interim Evaluation of International Quiet Ocean Experiment
Jesse co-authored this Interim Program Self-Evaluation of the International Quiet Ocean Experiment for the International Scientific Steering Committee meeting upcoming 26-27 April 2023….