Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Five hundred vents newly discovered off the US West Coast, each […]
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Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA: Experts unite to shine modern light on a Renaissance master
Human Evolution, Italy 5-MAY-2016 The Leonardo Project: Illuminating the art, life, characteristics, talents, and brilliance of one of humanity’s most extraordinary
For a special Valentine? Beyond diamonds and gems: The world’s rarest minerals
American Mineralogist 12 Feb 2016 What do 2,500+ obscure, isolated mineral species reveal about Earth? Scientists have inventoried and categorized
Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen
Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells,
Deep Carbon: Quest underway to discover its quantity, movements, origins and forms in Earth
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington DC 4-Mar-2013 Probing the secrets of volcanoes and diamonds, sources of gas and oil,
Sea-surfing ‘wave glider’ robot deployed to help track white sharks in the Pacific
Block Lab, Stanford University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA 16-Aug-2012 New high-tech ocean observers debut above ‘The Blue Serengeti’; ‘Shark Net’ app
Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 27-Nov-2011 Global ‘barcode blitz’ accelerates; 450 experts converge on Adelaide Nov. 28-Dec.
Redesigned and vastly expanded, Encyclopedia of Life Version 2 offers information on 1/3rd of known species
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL.org) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 5 September 2011 Landmark global online collaboration now offers trusted information on
How many species on Earth? 8.7 million
Census of Marine Life, Washington DC 23 Aug 2011 Eight million, seven hundred thousand species (give or take 1.3 million).
Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
Rockefeller University, New York 20 Jul 11 Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific
Teeming with life, Pacific’s California current likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain
Census of Marine Life, Washington DC / Tagging of Pacific Palagics project, Pacific Grove, CA 22 June 2011 Decade of electronic
Higher density means world forests are capturing more carbon
Rockefeller University, New York / University of Helsinki 06 Jun 11 Forests in many regions are becoming larger carbon sinks thanks to
Speed installation of system to monitor vital signs of global ocean, scientists urge
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans Plymouth, UK 1-Oct-2010 ‘It is past time to get serious about measuring what’s
First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected
Census of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census
Census of Marine Life publishes historic roll call of species in 25 key world areas
Census of Marine Life Washington, DC 2-Aug-2010 Representing the most comprehensive and authoritative answer yet to one of humanity’s most
Explorers Inventory Hard-to-See Sea Life: Tiny but Mighty Microbes, Plankton, Larvae, Burrowers — Keys to Earth’s Food and Respiratory Systems
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-Apr-2010 Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor; Scientists
Student sleuths exploring with DNA barcodes reveal zoo of 95 species in typical NYC homes – find a mystery cockroach and new evidence of food fraud
Rockefeller University New York City 28-Dec-2009 Two New York City high school students exploring their homes using the latest high-tech
Beyond sunlight: Explorers census 17,650 ocean species between edge of darkness and black abyss
22-Nov-2009 Census of Marine Life Washington DC Deep sea teeming with species that have never known sunlight Census of Marine
DNA barcodes: Creative new uses span health, fraud, smuggling, history, more
Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL), Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 6-Nov-2009 The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify
Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about
Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information,
Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle