Technology and Human Environment
The passage of time has connected the invention of the wheel with more than ten million miles of paved roads around the world today, and the capture of fire with…
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New species descriptions could benefit from DNA barcodes
…a new genus, Rungwecebus, the actual sequence data is not listed among diagnostic characters in the species or genus description. Routine inclusion of DNA barcode sequences could improve the usefulness…
DNA-assisted discovery of new leopard in Borneo worries some taxonomists
…an editorial in current PLoS ONE, researchers from Imperial College insist the Bornean clouded leopard is not really new as it was “described by Cuvier in 1823.” Of course, by…
New Yeti Crab
…Paul Tyler, and Co. report on “The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography.”  Their findings include a new Yeti crab!…
New site design for PHE
Our new cool-looking PHE website is up and running, thanks especially to Jason Yung and Mark Stoeckle. A brand new publications database ties everything together, thanks to diligence of Smriti…
New paper on eDNA as way to define marine regions
PLOS One publishes our new paper demonstrating the use of eDNA to define marine biogeography. This graphic summarizes key findings of the paper. The paper builds on our earlier work…
Five new old papers
We post new scans of four of our older papers: A Review of Estimates of Future Carbon Dioxide Emissions, part of “Changing Climate: Report of the Carbon Dioxide Assessment Committee”…
Balancing the life cycle impacts of notebook computers: Taiwan’s experience [PDF]
LT Lu, IK Wernick, TY Hsiao, YH Yu, YM Yang, HW Ma. Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Soy el arbol!!
In Chile in early January we visited some of the world’s largest tree plantations as well as the wondrous intact indigenous forest of Isla Mocha. Thanks to Savithri Narayanan for…
Robert Kates passed away, 89
Our beloved geographer colleague and friend Robert Kates passed away 21 April 2018 at the age of 89. Jesse met Bob in 1978 during preparations for the first UN World…