Ancient Chinese Gardens Can Help Mitigate Modern Chinese Urban Heat
Scientists have found urban cooling solutions in the ancient wisdom of classical Chinese gardens, whose large green spaces and water features create wider cooling zones.
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Can Food Gardens Help Universities Provide the Fruit of Knowledge?
Turning campus dirt into communal garden plots transforms universities into hubs of positive environmental change from the ground up.
Botany in a Barbie world is not fantastic
Plants are resilient, but even they are struggling with the increasing presence of microplastics.
Restoration of habitats can also risk restoring the organisms that damage their biodiversity
Good intentions in ecological restoration can sometimes result in the unintentional spread of plant diseases due to neglected risk assessments and biosecurity measures.
Plants parade for passport picture
A survey invites the public to suggest plants and animals for illustrating Ireland’s passports, showing one way to raise appreciation for nature’s diversity.
Grasslands Management Bolsters Pollinator Networks, Aiding Ecosystem Stability
Results-based agri-environmental payment schemes (RBAPSs) successfully boost plant diversity, nurture pollinator interactions, and fortify ecological stability in a new Irish study.
The Queer Side Of Botany
To celebrate the pride month, Botany One had a conversation with Sixto-Juan Zavala, founder of Queer Botany – an initiative aimed at connecting young members of the LGBTQ+ community with the plant world through botanical drawing, storytelling and walking in nature.
iPhenology Explores Climate Change Impact Turning Smartphones into Scientific Insights on Plant Phenology
Discover how iPhenology, can use citizen science photo observations, revolutionizing plant phenology research and predicting the impact of climate change on nature’s timing.
Photo Vouchers Proposed as an Alternative to Traditional Herbarium Specimens
Researchers propose digital photo vouchers as an innovative way to democratise plant data collection and boost efficiency in ethnobotanical research
Garden Heroes are Aiding Butterfly Conservation in the UK
Our garden choices are influencing butterfly populations more than we ever thought possible.
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