In 1987, the few dozen GPS models available were mostly larger than 200 cu in and cost $15,000 to $45,000. (https://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1988inna.meet..158C) Today there are thousands of models, many for under…
DNA barcoding is an exciting new approach to taxonomy that will have profound value for studies of environment and evolution. PHE Guest Investigator Mark Stoeckle took the lead in preparing…
Jesse presented the 9th annual Alvin M. Weinberg lecture at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 5 June, expanding his April Austin talk on decarbonization. Now 88 and continuously creative, Alvin directed…
On 4 June Jesse addressed a session of the UN Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea in New York City about the Census of Marine Life….
The program Jesse has managed for the Sloan Foundation on the Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable is featured in the Wall Street Journal (May 30)0r the original article scanned….
Our efforts on environmental genomics begin to bear fruit. A “Barcode of Life” project seems likely to proceed based on the just-completed “Banbury II” conference on DNA & taxonomy at…
The Census of Marine Life, which Jesse has helped develop, is growing fast. The Associated Press has just issued a lively account of some of the nascent field projects….
With his Sloan hat on, Jesse helped bring the September 11 Digital Archive (https://911digitalarchive.org) into existence. On September 11, 2003 the Library of Congress held a Symposium on “September 11…
Thanks to everyone who participated in our conference 9-10 October at The Rockefeller University on “The Next 1000 Years.” The conference inspired us. We are pondering what to do with…
This is a big week for the Census of Marine Life, highlighted by the release on 23 October of its Baseline Report. On 16 October the Norwegian Broadcasting Company aired…