Passing of John Fisher of Fisher-Pry substitution model
We note with sadness learning of the passing of John C. Fisher on 2 May 2018 at age 98. With Robert Pry, John Fisher developed the classic A simple substitution…
We note with sadness learning of the passing of John C. Fisher on 2 May 2018 at age 98. With Robert Pry, John Fisher developed the classic A simple substitution…
For a global overview of marine pollution in 90 minutes, watch the lively Wrap-up session of the 17-19 November UN Ocean Decade “Clean Ocean” webinar Jesse co-moderated. Co-moderator begins the…
Sarah Castor-Perry of the lively UK Naked Science radio program broadcast an excellent series about the oceans, including an interview with Jesse Ausubel about the Census of Marine Life….
On 28 September in Cambridge MA for the 40th Reunion of his Harvard College class, Jesse presented a panoramic talk, Every Fish in the Sea, on the Census of Marine…
A 4 January 2012 press release describes the continuing rapid expansion of the Encyclopedia of Life. It is hard to believe that the EOL went public only in February 2008.…
Reference databases of DNA sequences used for species identification, ie DNA barcode libraries, are most powerful when the morphologic specimens are vouchered in a museum collection. This way, when there…
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PHE’s guest investigator David Thaler offers some stimulating ideas in a memo about ways of understanding and learning from degradation of aquatic eDNA. The title: How long has each particular…
In this 54″ video made 13 October, 2022 Jesse Ausubel, awarded the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, discusses whether the human species can continue to improve—much…
Our work in the 1980s on Cities and Their Vital Systems with Robert Herman, Cesare Marchetti, Alvin Weinberg, Brian Arthur, Nebojsa Nakicenovic and others seems to have acquired cult status,…