March 13, 2012
On Tuesday 13th March 2012 the National Botanic Gardens will host an evening of talks by international and national guest speakers exploring the impact that climate change is having on plants and animals.
This event has been organised as a collaboration between the National Botanic Gardens, the Environmental Protection Agency, Trinity College Dublin and the National Biodiversity Data Centre as part of Dublin City of Science 2012.
You can download the ESOF Phenology Event March 13th 2012 Programme
This event takes place at 7pm in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
You can register for this event using the following link: http://bit.ly/2012Phenology
By completing our 'family phenology trail' you can do valuable work for the Botanic Gardens. We would like you to help us by recording the dates of when certain trees and shrubs bud or flower, as well as the dates when butterflies are on the wing. Research shows that climate change has had an impact on the timing of certain events in wildlife, e.g. bud burst on trees, butterfly flight periods and leaf colour change in autumn. This trail will take you to a selection of trees to observe and record your findings. Come and meet the expert scientists who will be here at 2.00pm and 4.00 pm to launch the trail. It is not necessary to register for this event.You can take this trail any time from the end of March and do it as many times as you like throughout the year. The information you record will be combined with everyone else's and help us record the impact of climate change at the botanic gardens.
For more information on how members of the public can help scientists research this topic, see the Nature Watch website, established in collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and the National Biodiversity Data Centre. where you can submit records of observations from your local area using an online form.
