Species hitch a ride on birds and the wind to join green roof communities

Date:

April 6, 2018

Source:

University of Portsmouth

Summary:

New research suggests that species that live on green roofs arrived by hitching lifts on birds or by riding air currents.

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This is sedum on the green roof.

Credit: Heather Rumble, University of Portsmouth

Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon

Date:

March 6, 2018

Source:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Summary:

A new study shows that urban green spaces like backyards, city parks and golf courses contribute substantially to the ecological fabric of our cities -- and the wider landscape -- and they need to be added to the data ecologists currently use when exploring big questions about our natural world.