Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Page 2

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, DNA Barcoding, Encyclopedia of Life, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, Smithsonian Institution, The Rockefeller University

Cool new tools let public contribute to massive interactive online biodiversity encyclopedia

terry / September 8, 2009

Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 23-Aug-2009 Over 30,000 still images and video, as well as local information about […]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Scientists announce major global collaboration to create online ‘macroscopic observatory’ of Earth’s biodiversity

terry / June 1, 2009

Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Encyclopedia of Life Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Natural History Museum, London 31-May-2009 Biodiversity information,

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of ‘natural’ animal sizes, abundance

terry / June 1, 2009

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 24-May-2009 Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Census of Marine Life explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic

terry / February 18, 2009

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 15-Feb-2009 Earth’s unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Scientists Report Major Steps Towards 1st Census of Marine Life

terry / November 11, 2008

Census of Marine Life Washington DC 9-Nov-2008 Among report’s revelations: Antarctic ancestry of many octopus species, behemoth bacteria, colossal sea

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, DNA Barcoding, Environment, Jesse Ausubel / Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University

Explorers find hundreds of undescribed corals, other species on familiar Australian reefs

terry / October 9, 2008

Census of Marine Life Washington D.C. 18-Sep-2008 Hundreds of new kinds of animal species surprised international researchers systematically exploring waters