Thursday, 23 September 2021

Improving tiny urban greenspaces causes huge boosts in insect life

Flowers along the street in Tel Aviv

A group of scientists did a fascinating experiment: They proved that adding more plants to even tiny, mangy little urban greenspaces can massively boost their biodiversity.

In 2016 they honed in on a small, 200-square-meter greenspace in downtown Melbourne — a place that is "adjacent to a major road, surrounded by large buildings, and embedded in a dense urban matrix." — Read the rest