Spurred by PHE Guest Investigator and microbiologist David Thaler’s publication, “Is global microbial biodiversity increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?” , David and Jesse Ausubel co-author a 900-word essay raising…
A DNA barcoding article is featured cover story in the June 26, 2004 issue of New Scientist….
We post “Foresters and DNA“, a version of the forthcoming paper by Ausubel, Wernick, and Waggoner based on Jesse’s Keynote address to the Duke U. Forest Genomics conference in November…
Jacques Perrin’s environmental films will be featured 21-24 May 2015 at a festival organized by the Vineyard Conservation Society and Martha’s Vineyard Film Society. Jesse Ausubel will do Q&A after…
The recently completed Census of Marine Life expedition reports lifeless conditions on the seafloor above the tsunami epicenter in a 31 May press release….
We celebrate recent achievements in biodiversity informatics. Â Enjoy exploring the new GBIF interface for the global mapping of occurrence records. Try zooming and using the time slider: Â https://www.gbif.org/occurrence…
We posted the source code for our Loglet Lab 2.0 application. This will allow interested users to continue development, by adding new fit models and visualizations….
An opinion piece in the 29 December 2008 Wall Street Journal by William Tucker quotes Jesse’s low view of investments in so-called renewable energy sources from this interview in Weltwoche…
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…
Neil Agarwal has created an informative and enjoyable dive into the deep sea where one passes species at their characteristic depths down to the deepest sea floor. At 250 meters…