So, what am I working on?...

I am investigating how wildlife responds to environmental pressures such as climate change and habitat loss.


Through the conversion of large areas of countryside into farmland and towns, many animals and plants have lost areas of their original habitat. This affects how many organisms survive, how they move and how they interact. When combined with a changing climate it is highly likely that a range of organisms are going to be effected, causing biodiversity loss and altering ecosystems.


Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Kew's contribution to the Year of Biodiversity

One of my favourite haunts whilst in London is the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Steeped in history, Kew is a botanists utopia. They too are running event for the 'Year of Biodiversity' which I may try and make tomorrow. NB Below is a picture which is really unrelated to this post, but it was taken at Kew, its the Titan Arum. This largest single flower in the world wreaks of rotting flesh to attract pollinators, gross yet pretty impressive.



They even have a butterfly and bug exhibit on in the Princess of Wales glasshouse, always a spectacle!
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