We invite you to listen to Prof. Adam Boratyński’s lecture entitled “Junipers around the Mediterranean.”
The juniper genus evolved before about 50-60 million years ago, under hot and dry climate conditions. Today, about 100 taxa of junipers are known, grouped into three sections that are the three oldest clades in molecular analysis. Junipers are light-demanding, drought-tolerant plants, with individual species adapted to broad range of temperatures. There are 20 species and subspecies of junipers around the Mediterranean, representing all 3 sections.
We invite you to listen to Dr. Dominik Tomaszewski’s lecture entitled “Herbarium - a witness to biodiversity.”
A herbarium is a properly prepared, stored, and catalogued collection of preserved plants. By aggregating information from herbarium specimens into larger datasets, we gain insights into the distribution of various species. This provides us with a foundation for drawing conclusions about the functioning of nature, our impact on the environment, and the associated risks. Currently, there are approximately 400 million specimens in scientific institutions, and one of the most pressing tasks is to digitise these collections to make them accessible to all those interested.
We invite you to listen to Dr. Marzenna Guzicka’s lecture entitled “Dormancy of tree buds in the age of climate change”.
The development of trees in temperate climates is synchronized with the course of the seasons. After the spring-summer period of activity comes the period of dormancy, which allows them to survive the unfavorable autumn-winter conditions. Dormancy is a very complex adaptive strategy and its obligatory stage is endodormancy. Climate change can disrupt its proper course and regulation, which can affect tree growth, reproduction and even survival.
We invite you to listen to Dr. Emilia Pers-Kamczyc’s lecture entitled “Nitrogen deposition and biodiversity.”
Global population growth and changing life patterns are causing, among other things, an increase in the consumption of fossil fuels and an increase in the food demand. These processes lead to an increase in the amount of nitrogen (N) released into the environment, and consequently disrupt its natural circulation in nature. Nitrogen accumulation disrupts the stability and functioning of ecosystems and can contribute to changes in the patterns of many species. Thus, nitrogen deposition is becoming one of the most important global environmental problems.
We invite you to listen to Dr. Kinga Nowak’s lecture entitled “(Bio)Diversity of botanical gardens.”
Botanical gardens perform a number of important functions, both for the scientific world and for the society at large. They provide a site for experimentation and research, a place for education, but also for rest and recreation. They are open to the needs of all, regardless of age, and it is up to us alone how we use them. We encourage you to watch the video, in which we will talk about the role of botanical gardens and their importance for biodiversity in light of ongoing climate change.
