Our Climate Conversations series continues with a look at how the current climate is affecting kittiwakes. Edward Thomas Booth notes in his catalogue from June, 1867 that kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) are common. They are currently the most numerous gull species in the … Continued
Our Climate Conversations series continues with John Cooper, Geologist and Keeper Emeritus of the Booth Museum of Natural History. John explains how fossils from the Booth Museum’s chalk fossil collection show us how most of the UK was once covered by … Continued
Today (22nd June) is World Rainforest Day – a time for celebrating the diversity of rainforests and finding ways to protect this valuable habitat. As part of our Climate Conversations series we’ll be looking at the role rainforests play in … Continued
Continuing our Climate Conversations series Diana Wilkins show us how to calculate our carbon footprint. This is one of the acts we can all do to help combat the climate crisis. Dr Diana Wilkins gained a DPhil in Biological Sciences from … Continued
The next post in our Climate Conversations series is an overview of the causes and challenges of climate change by Dr Martin Meadows. Dr Meadows is a scientist who is based in Sussex and has worked in research and policy … Continued
Today is the UN’s World Environment Day and this year’s focus is biodiversity. To mark the occasion, the Booth Museum team and our specialist partners are starting a new Climate Conversations series to highlight the crisis and what actions are being … Continued
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