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Role of science and scientists in public environmental policy debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Halting biodiversity loss, mitigating global warming and maintaining the long‐term viability of rural and urban areas requires urgent policy action. However, environmental policies often trigger resistance and highly polarised public debates, with some actors employing pseudo‐scientific claims.
Guy Pe'er   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical research review on Solastalgia: Place, people and policy pathways for addressing environmental distress

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The growing impacts of climate change and environmental degradation have heightened concerns about human emotional and psychological well‐being, particularly regarding place loss and environmental changes. Solastalgia, defined as distress from environmental change while in one's ‘home’ environment, is an emerging concept for assessing loss and
Nazifa Rafa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen science data reveals winter warming delays cherry bloom in the Pacific Northwest, USA

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change is altering ecological systems, including the phenology of flowering plants. Shifts in the bloom date of cherry trees are a global concern considering their cultural, agricultural, and horticultural importance. Ornamental cherry is a prominent component of the University of Washington campus (Seattle, USA), providing an opportunity to ...
Autumn Maust   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both scientific and historical research using the specimens from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884) to the Canadian arctic, remembered for its tragedy ...
J. Mason Heberling, Jackson P. Wright
wiley   +1 more source

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