IBOL Targets and Milestones Review

…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…

3rd International Barcode of Life Conference

…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….

POGO report

…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…

Perspectives on Ocean Exploration video

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

“Taxonomy for the twenty-first century” and “DNA barcoding of life”: special theme issues of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society available online

…Tomorrow’s taxonomy: collecting new species in the field will remain the rate-limiting step by Robert M. May Documenting plant diversity: unfinished business by Peter R. Crane Taxonomy as a fundamental…

Quiet Ocean Experiment in Nature magazine

…Ocean Experiment (IQOE) in studying ocean sound and its effects on marine organisms. PHE has helped conceive and foster the IQOE. More news is in the March 2019 IQOE Newsletter….

Barcode Blog

With DNA barcoding for species identification creating excitement and controversy, Mark Stoeckle has launched the “Barcode Blog” to share the community news….

Abiotic carbon, subducted biology

Exciting news from the Deep Carbon Observatory: A press release 22 April 2019 just summarized some highlights from a decade of work on abiotic carbon in the Deep Carbon Observatory:…