DNA analysis helps unravel food webs
…analyzed samples). 70 (92%) of samples gave high quality reads after direct sequencing of the PCR products, consistent with ingestion of a single plant species; the remaining samples were sequenced…
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CO2 in a Methane Economy
From our archive, we post a 1988 paper by Jesse, Arnulf Grübler, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, titled Carbon Dioxide Emissions in a Methane Economy. https://phe.rockefeller.edu/co2-methane/…
Wood H to C ratio
The current madness for biofuels has raised again the question of the proper hydrogen-to-carbon ratio to use to index wood and other biomass against other fuels. We offer a note…
DNA sorts out bewildering morphology
DNA helps flag genetically divergent forms that may represent cryptic species and is equally valuable the other way around: in linking morphologically diverse forms that occur within species. In 20…
Electricity Daily coverage
In its 21 February edition The Electricity Daily covered Jesse’s Capitol Hill talk about climate: https://phe.rockefeller.edu/PDF_FILES/CoolerHeads.pdf…
Telescopes and DNA Barcodes
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Banbury Conference Center hosted the pair of meetings in 2003 that gave birth to the DNA barcoding movement. Jesse opened the Banbury meeting 28 October 2007…
Andrew Johnson departs
Research Intern Andrew Johnson moved to Washington, D.C. to join the State Department. He can still be reached through the Program for the Human Environment.
Ocean Exploration 2012 final report
The US Government formed a national program in ocean exploration recommended in the year 2000 by a presidential panel on which Jesse Ausubel served. In 2012, the government requested a…
Michelson Memorial Lecture
We post “Ocean Past, Ocean Future: Reflections on the Shift from the 19th to 21st Century Ocean”, Jesse H. Ausubel, Michelson Memorial Lecture, 15 October 2015 United States Naval Academy,…
Biggest tree so far
Phylogenetic tree-building programs are the workhorses of evolutionary analysis. Thus it might be surprising that, given there are at least 1.7 million named species of plants and animals, output trees…