This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Cherry (Prunus sp) is in blossom on the Swansea Campus as well as in Loughor. The catkins of Silver birch (Betula pendulata) are also in evidence in Loughor as are the leaves of Elder (Sambucus nigra) and Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum). In Bynea, the flowers of the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) are out early.
Scientists (what do they know?) are generally agreed. Most think the Paris Accord of limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Centigrade abov...
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