Biology in Art

…play an increasing role in the world of art as well.  Until recently, physics and chemistry application such as radiocarbon dating and imaging techniques dominated scientific applications to art, allowing…

CASE STUDY: Evaluating Environmental Equity in Allegheny County

…severe environmental problems through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through a unique public/private partnership, major socioeconomic and infrastructural changes since World War II–the “Pittsburgh Renaissance”–have vastly improved the…

Energy and Climate

For 200 years, the world has progressively lightened its energy diet by favoring hydrogen atoms over carbon in our hydrocarbon stew.  Energy technologies succeed when economies of scale form part…

Oceans

…the Roboats. International Quiet Ocean Experiment. The IQOE aims to complete a large-scale international effort to measure soundscapes of the world’s oceans and better understand potential biological effects of sound…

“Heresies” continued news and blog coverage

Jesse’s recent paper, “Renewable and Nuclear Heresies” continues to get a lot of news coverage. For more interesting reading, the journal PNAS has made the full text of Thomas Gold’s…

Deep Carbon Observatory News

Way back in 2007-2009, inspired by the late Tommy Gold, Jesse Ausubel joined Robert Hazen and Russell Hemley in launching the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO). The program is now at…

Science news January 2005

Science News featured our work on DNA barcoding of birds as its cover story 4 December with a great cover illustration. https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/ScienceNews_4Dec2004.pdf…

The Hidden Majority of Marine Life

For a lively summary of the latest news from the Census of Marine Life, including still images and videos, visit the news release about “hard-to-see” creatures. Learn about a carpet…