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….
PHE continues its longstanding work on land use and land cover with a new publication in PLoS One on Forest Area and Density Trends. The work, a product of collaboration…
Science magazine runs a helpful story by Alex Fox on the final report from our 29-30 November 2018 National Conference on Marine eDNA: The ocean is full of drifting DNA….
…prepared an illustrated brochure describing the needs and resources for this exciting new initiative, which will be one of the first large-scale explorations of the fine structure of genomic biodiversity….
Mark Stoeckle, Paul Waggoner, and Jesse have prepared “Barcoding Life, Illustrated”, a brief brochure on the goals, rationale, and early results of this new technology for species identification and biodiversity…
…at risk. The combined, planned efforts of the DNA barcoding stakeholders consulted for this review will result in the barcoding of approximately 4 million preserved specimens and 2.8 million newly…
…progress, as does an article in the London Daily Telegraph. Mark presented our new work with Larry Sirovich and Ken Zhang on application of indicator vectors to barcode data sets….
…explores new genomic, acoustic, and optical approaches, and their synergies, especially in relation to the deep ocean, and some organizational strategies to speed progress. “The oceanographic community is beginning to…
The new 18″ video “Perspectives on Ocean Exploration” includes comments by Jesse Ausubel as well as Robert Ballard, Sylvia Earle, Paul Gaffney, Walter Munk, and others. Jerry Schubel of the…