Encyclopedia of Life dream comes true
A dream of many came to life this week with launch of Encyclopedia of Life. In the words of E.O. Wilson, “imagine an electronic page for each species of organism…
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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…
Short video about passive acoustic monitoring for ocean life
The International Quiet Ocean Experiment (IQOE) in 2023 gave birth to World Ocean Passive Acoustic Monitoring (WOPAM) Day. The excellent 2024 WOPAM Day video can be seen at https://x.com/GLUBS1/status/1798995048522277190. The…
Knowing the unknowable
350 years ago Anthony van Leeuwenhoek explored the living world around (and within!) him using tiny, powerful, single lens microscopes. He discovered “tiny animacules” including what we now know as…
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…
DNA barcoding a hardy urban denizen
…DNA barcoding. Why Genetic diversity is a window into evolution and patterns of migration. American cockroaches originated in Africa and hitchhiked around the world on commercial goods. This project asks:…
Visualizing birds so far
…of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia (not just the eastern half of Russia as highlighted in map). Note added 24 March 2011: Map corrected to show collecting region for eastern Palearctic…
What you can learn from a tiny bit of DNA
…the globe were noted and today about 40% of world’s 6,671 amphibian species are threatened with extinction (e.g. Stuart et al 2004). The major cause appears to global dissemination of…
Google Impact supports DNA Barcoding
Border inspectors and wildlife officials around the world look for endangered species killed and trafficked in violation of national laws and international treaties. Sometimes the objects are easily identified but…
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…