Botanical University Challenge
An annual contest of botanical knowledge between teams of UK and Irish university students.
Dates for #BUC2023 will be announced !!
#BUC2022 was live on the internet
In 2021 fifteen teams competed from around the UK, Aberdeen to Southampton, Cambridge to Liverpool, the Open University and the botanical centres of The Eden Project and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The internet coped.
In 2022 eighteen teams competed, including for the first time one from Ireland.
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Plants need light to live, but some types of light - ultraviolet UV light - are as damaging to them as to us. So, how to let the good light in? Really interesting article, with a readable story to explain.
Plants have no opportunity to get out of the sun into the shade, so how do they avoid damage by UV-B light? The answer lies in the cuticle, the outermost layer of a plant.
📰 Story: https://bit.ly/3PmqFF7
🔬 Research: https://bit.ly/3FNMEk0
#Careers with #plants Urban trees, community public policy and activism.
What a wonderful time at the London Tree & Woodland Awards! Our campaign, woodland trail, crowdfunding & commissioned report by @WildLondon on the effects of overshadowing from development was highly commended in our category ’London Urban Forest Award’ Well done all! #TreeOscars
Sign up now for a peak behind the scenes and see our plants from around the world, growing in the heart of #Manchester, including a cactus over 100yrs old! #botany #plants #greenhouses #Biology #biodiversity #orchids #cacti #orchid #cactus #succulents #bromeliads #ferns https://twitter.com/uomengage/status/1526911972486283264
As part of our free @OfficialUoM #communityfestUoM taking place 25 June 2022, pre-book your place on a behind-the-scenes 60min tour of the Firs Environmental Research Station. Spaces limited!
#hiddengreenhouses #airquality #plantscience #biodiversity
https://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:h1oi-l31hybny-ijm5dj/get-behind-the-scenes-at-the-firs-environmental-research-station
#Career paths with #plants Practical; interacting with people; inspiring and conserving; Yes, all these can be necessary when working with plants.
**JOB ALERT** Urban Farm & Landscape Manager
Unique opportunity to design & develop Urban Farm & Market Garden @NorthernRootsOL & manage conservation & biodiversity enhancement of 160-acre site.
Circa £34,000. Closes 5th June. Info & apply via link.
https://northern-roots.uk/jobs/
New Phytologist & Field Studies Council
We are grateful to the New Phytologist Foundation for support. The Foundation is is an independent, non-profit-making organization dedicated to the promotion of plant science. It publishes scientific journals, organises meetings and supports outreach.
We also thank the Field Studies Council for providing publications as prizes.
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