Okeanos Explorer

…Nantucket and the Canadian border, LT Brian Kennedy was gracious enough to give PHE’s Alan Curry a tour of the research vessel, including a look at their newest remotely-operated-vehicle, Deep…

Big habitat projects flourish

…Nova Scotia, and joined forces to initiate the Barcode of Life initiative, which earned the cover of Canadian Geographic this month. We happily celebrate the anniversaries of these wonderful projects…

Bar Code of Life

…Barcode of Life – Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding (CCDB) – Census of Marine Life (CoML) – Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) – Fish Barcode of Life (FISHBOL) – FishBase – GenoMicron Blog – International Barcode of Life (iBOL) – Marine Barcode of Life (MARBOL) – Plant DNA Barcoding – Polar…

First barcode data release paper is published

…of data curation and publication. Hubert N, Hanner R, Holm E, Mandrak NE, Taylor E, et al. (2008) Identifying Canadian Freshwater Fishes through DNA Barcodes. PLoS ONE 3(6): e2490. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002490…

The Great Reversal: Nature’s Chance to Restore Land and Sea

JH Ausubel. Technology in Society 22: 289–302 2000

…the United States is far from most efficient practice. Water withdrawals for all users in the OECD countries range tenfold, with the USA and Canada the highest. Allowing for national…