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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

bbc.com/future/artic... Over the past year scientists at Kew & collaborators have classified around 149 plants & 23 fungi from all corners of the globe. Moving Kew Herbarium will make access more difficult for visiting scientists, crucial for collaborative research. www.change.org/p/keep-the-k...

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Vampire hedgehogs, pirate spiders and fishy fungi - the strangest new species of 2024

Thousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest.

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

‘The decline in support for fundamental systematic biology at a time of mass extinction is a shameful development that will be one day be seen as among the most astonishingly wrongheaded episodes in the annals of science’ Quentin Wheeler qwheeler.substack.com/p/put-up-you...

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Put Up Your Dukes

Science and history call forth institutional leaders of vision and courage

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

BBC films from Kew Herbarium this week. Plants are not just decorative objects, they’re really the solutions to every problem that faces our species - and it all starts with dried specimens like this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... #curation #herbarium #research @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Kew Gardens: Preserving plants for future generations

Works to digitise and preserve plant samples are about three quarters complete.

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Survey reveals majority of Kew staff are against the Herbarium move. Read all about it - thedirt.news/survey-revea... #research #curation #herbarium @thedirtnews.bsky.social @kewgardens.bsky.social

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

A recap for those joining us new. This letter to The Times ed published over a year ago is a good summary of the major concerns for relocating Kew Herbarium. www.change.org/p/keep-the-k... #curation #research #herbarium

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We are dedicated to stopping the off-siting of the Kew Herbarium, preserving the cultural and scientific heritage and ongoing taxonomic and botanic research. www.change.org/p/keep-the-k...

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Sign the Petition

Keep the Kew Herbarium at Kew

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Kew Keepers @kewkeepers.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Welcome and a new beginning for @kew.keepers.bsky.social Photo - on a bright autumn day the foliage of the European hornbeam Carpinus betulus reflects a brilliant glow into the Kew Herbarium Wing C. www.change.org/p/keep-the-k...

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