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- December 31, 2019
In the news: 30 clients’ most noted news releases of the decade
Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, December 31, 2019 Many of the ~200 science news releases written and distributed for 30 clients in the 2010s
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- October 24, 2019
Imperfect diamonds paved road to historic Deep Earth discoveries
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Materials trapped inside diamonds offer clues to life’s origin; suggest oceans’ worth of water hidden in Deep Earth
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- October 1, 2019
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Scientists update estimates of Earth’s immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and
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- December 8, 2013
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, helps explain expansive chemical-eating microbial
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- March 4, 2013
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, and the origins of life
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- August 10, 2012
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 lets public follow tagged animals
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- November 27, 2011
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. 3 The newfound scientific power
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- September 5, 2011
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 Glasswing butterfly - Credit- Kibuyu Landmark global online collaboration now offers trusted information on
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- January 2, 2010
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 DNA analysis techniques were astonished
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- November 9, 2009
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 species through DNA “barcoding” is
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- September 8, 2009
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 changing biodiversity, have been uploaded
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- June 1, 2009
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, innovative internet architecture being fused
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- June 1, 2009
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 today’s imagination Before oil hunters
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- February 18, 2009
Census of Marine Life explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 15-Feb-2009 Earth’s unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census
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- November 11, 2008
Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea stars, mammoth mollusks, more In
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- October 9, 2008
Explorers find hundreds of undescribed corals, other species on familiar Australian reefs
Census of Marine Life Washington D.C. 18-Sep-2008 Hundreds of new kinds of animal species surprised international researchers systematically exploring waters off two islands on the
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- August 25, 2008
Students Use DNA Barcodes to Unmask “Mislabeled” Fish at Grocery Stores, Restaurants
Rockefeller University / Trinity School New York 22-Aug-08 Two New York City high school friends, curious about new DNA barcoding technology, discovered that fish at
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- June 27, 2008
Census of Marine Life lists 122,500 known species, over halfway to complete inventory by Oct. 2010
Census of Marine Life Washington D.C. 25-Jun-2008 World Register of Marine Species inaugurated with first 122,500 validated names; over 56,000 aliases for ocean species identified
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- May 19, 2008
Marine explorers marvel at ‘Brittlestar City’ on seamount in powerful current swirling around Antarctica
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-May-2008 Millions of starfish-like creatures catch passing food in 4 km/h current; cod shelter from ‘rattling’ current in folds
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- February 25, 2008
Scientists to explore life’s mysteries through encyclopedic ‘macroscope’
Encyclopoedia of Life / Smithsonian Institution The first 30,000 pages of a massive online Encyclopedia of Life were unveiled today (Feb. 27) at the prestigious
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- November 27, 2007
Marine scientists warn human safety, prosperity depend on better ocean observing system
Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, Plymouth, UK, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 25-Nov-2007 Speedy diagnosis of the temper and
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- September 27, 2007
Amid spiralling government interest, world’s top 350 DNA barcode scientists meet in Taipei
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 14-Sep-2007 Major advances foreseen in health, consumer and environment protection, more About 350 DNA barcoding experts from