Marine Plastics keynote talk
Jesse Ausubel gave the opening talk on “A Cleaner Ocean” to the conference From Research to Action: Responding to Plastic Pollution through Science organized by the Embassy of France Office…
Jesse Ausubel gave the opening talk on “A Cleaner Ocean” to the conference From Research to Action: Responding to Plastic Pollution through Science organized by the Embassy of France Office…
In Hidrobiologica March 2008 researchers from El Colegia de la Frontera Sur, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico, describe a new species of Cladocera from temporary pools in a semi-desert region….
The Economist magazine has an article in the current survey on the environment that draws heavily from our research and our friends at IIASA: “Working miracles: Can technology save the…
Chauncey Starr, who helped launch the Program for the Human Environment, passed away on 18 April 2007, shortly after his 95th birthday celebration. In fond memory of Chauncey, we post…
PHE researchers Mark Stoeckle and Cameron Coffran developed a new software, TreeParser, that helps generate Klee diagram “heat maps” of genetic biodiversity (freely available on the PHE website https://phe.rockefeller.edu/barcode/klee.php )….
The proceedings from the 2nd National Workshop on Marine Enviromental eDNA 11-14 Sept 2022 in southern California have now been posted. Mark Stoeckle presented the opening Plenary. Agenda eDNA primer…
GPS devices for civilian use were first introduced 1982. The TI 4100 from Texas Instrument Company cost $150,000, weighed 50 lbs, and had heavy demand from land surveyors (GPS World,…
We post a PDF version of “Maglevs and the Vision of St. Hubert”…
On May 9, Jesse took part in the launch of The Encyclopedia of Life, a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms…
Our Gowanus eDNA Project, carried out with RockEDU SSRP high school student Alla Zeidyyeh, found surprisingly diverse DNA evidence–19 fish species–in the Canal, including the endangered shortnose sturgeon. The project…