# Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All.

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/environmental-dna-is-everywhere-scientists-are-gathering-it-all/
- Published: 2024-02-14T09:00:43-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Undark + DALL-E. Article by Peter Andrey Smith. Undark – February 12, 2024. The ability to extract trace bits of DNA from soil, water, and even air is revolutionizing science. Are there pitfalls? In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a manner she could never have imagined at the time: a crude version of a technique that is now shaking up many scientific fields. Barkay had […] Click here to view original web page at undark.org