Researchers at Utecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ are mapping the effects of biodiversity and climate change on grassland functioning on a daily basis. In hundreds of containers behind the greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens, plant and soil ecologists from the Ecology and Biodiversity Research Group create future natural grasslands.
Classes in the final three years of primary schools in the province of Utrecht can now sign up for the project and contribute to research on plant biodiversity.
The way to a healthier planet is not always one with direct actions. Being patient, collecting data and developing new methods for taking measurements will help us understand the parameters necessary to create a more sustainable environment. This is what the research of Yannick Wiegers, PhD candidate at the Ecology and Biodiversity research group of the Institute of the Environmental Biology teaches us. Five questions to Yannick on his current research and how this contributes to the pathway of a more healthy planet.
