3rd International Barcode of Life Conference

Mark Stoeckle and Jesse Ausubel attended the 3rd International Barcode of Life Conference [https://www.dnabarcodes2009.org/] 7-13 November in Mexico City and were astonished and thrilled by the progress of the field…

Air France 447 methane outgassing hypothesis

The loss of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009 near the mid-Atlantic Ridge killed all 228 passengers and crew. Â The flight recorders have not been located, and…

WilsonBook Energy Speech

Venerable (1898) publisher H W Wilson periodically compiles major American speeches. Representative Speeches 2008-2009 edited by Brian Boucher balances the Inaugural Address and two other speeches by Barack Obama with…

Deep Carbon Observatory

The new international Deep Carbon Observatory https://dco.ciw.edu/ led by Robert Hazen and Russ Hemley has launched its website. Â Jesse and Veselin Kostov have helped initiate the DCO and look…

DNA House website

Over the past year PHE researcher Mark Stoeckle supervised Trinity High School students Brenda Tan and Matt Cost in an investigation of NYC homes, sidewalks, and markets with DNA barcoding.Their…

Rethinking the Inedible

The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette publishes Jesse’s brief essay Rethinking the Inedible about seafood and the Census of Marine Life…

DNAHouse

On January 15, WNYC’s Mike Pesca interviewed Jesse and Trinity students Brenda Tan and Matt Cost about their DNAHouse. Their lively, live interview can be downloaded as a podcast from…

J Ornithol paper

PHE researcher Mark Stoeckle is co-author on Jan 2009 J Ornithol paper comparing Scandinavian and North American birds, which found divergent lineages in 19 (24%) of trans-Atlantic species, demonstrating DNA…

Zazzle stamps

With great photographs from researchers Mike Johnson, Rob Lasley, and Uwe Piatkowski, PHE’s Mark Stoeckle has created three beautiful Census of Marine Life stamps. Simply click on each stamp to…