Butterflies through time at Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology illuminates the beautiful, turbulent history of butterflies across the UK. Two years in the making, the exhibition showcases the work of researchers from the University, museum curators, collections specialists and conservationists, who are using the ecology of the past to guide the conservation of the future.
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Restoring a kelp forest off the Sussex coast, creating new habitat for heat-sensitive butterflies and connecting fractured wetlands for the reintroduction of beavers are among 12 new projects receiving funding to help the UK tackle climate change, the Wildlife Trusts has announced.
Planting new seagrass pastures in the Solent, expanding salt marshes on the Essex coast and restoring peatlands in Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire, Northumberland and Somerset are some of the âhigh-impactâ schemes that the nature charity said will help mitigate the impact of global heating on land and at sea.
Alongside the projects, backed by nearly £2m of funding from players of the Peopleâs Postcode Lottery, researchers will investigate how best to protect the UKâs ecosystems and biodiversity from rising temperatures, while also paving the way for the reintroduction of locally extinct species in some cases.