On the evening of Friday 17 November, we held a seminar to discuss how the Pitcairn Islands Marine Protected Area – one of the largest in the world – was created, and how researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the UK Government are collaborating to study its rich marine ecosystems, but also importantly how … Continue reading Beyond the Bounty: The 2023 Pitcairn MPA Expedition
Author: jasonpoliopogon
Breadfruit and Coconuts
Everyone has a name, and many people have two. The same is true for other living things. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist from the 1700s and the father of modern taxonomy, came up with a ‘binomial’ naming system. Now every species has two scientific names: the first is the genus and the second is the species. As … Continue reading Breadfruit and Coconuts