Post by dirtdoc on May 17, 2007 10:09:00 GMT -5
The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL)
This is not exactly cave related, but is clearly an exciting project that will ultimately include all known cave life. The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) is a new project that will take a good 2 ½ years to get properly started. Trial pages have been posted at (http://www.eol.org)
“An international team of weighty institutions this week announced that it's developing the weightiest encyclopedia of biology yet. The free, multilanguage, Web-based guide will cover the 1.8 million living species known, plus new discoveries, say researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University, the Field Museum in Chicago, and other organizations.”
The first pages should be available in 2008, and the 1.8 million basic entries could be online as early as 2017.
Reference: . A leap for all life: World's leading scientists announce creation of "Encyclopedia of Life." Encyclopedia of Life press release. May 9. Available at www.eol.org/press_release.html
DirtDoc
This is not exactly cave related, but is clearly an exciting project that will ultimately include all known cave life. The Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) is a new project that will take a good 2 ½ years to get properly started. Trial pages have been posted at (http://www.eol.org)
“An international team of weighty institutions this week announced that it's developing the weightiest encyclopedia of biology yet. The free, multilanguage, Web-based guide will cover the 1.8 million living species known, plus new discoveries, say researchers from the Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University, the Field Museum in Chicago, and other organizations.”
The first pages should be available in 2008, and the 1.8 million basic entries could be online as early as 2017.
Reference: . A leap for all life: World's leading scientists announce creation of "Encyclopedia of Life." Encyclopedia of Life press release. May 9. Available at www.eol.org/press_release.html
DirtDoc