#urban-biodiversity

#urban-biodiversity

The Natural History Museum has switched on sensors in its gardens to monitor how wildlife reacts to the urban climate, and how and why it is changing. The 25 sensors installed across the central London site will monitor conditions like temperature, humidity and sound. Researchers will then be able to use the live data to look at the kind of life that makes these gardens home from insects and frogs to tiny microscopic organisms invisible to the human eye.

Adding a tad more biodiversity to London's wonderful and ecosystem of pesky pigeons and foxes, Hampstead Heath is currently borrowing five rare-bred Norfolk Horn and Oxford Down ewes. The sheep come courtesy of east London's Mudchute City Farm , one of Europe's biggest city farms, and you'll be able to see them grazing from 8am to 7pm until Monday September 15.

2024 is Barbie's 65th anniversary and LDF is getting on the celebrations, with a little help from Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama, Mattel and Visit Greater Palm Springs. This installation, made up of three interactive pavilions, blends playful design and desert modernism to show how the Barbie DreamHouse has taken inspiration from the mid-century modernist architecture of Greater Palm Springs. Each pavilion on the Strand will be open round the clock so you can see how the experiences differ from day to night.

TfL's efforts to create wildlife-friendly verges have led to the introduction of 130,000m2 of wildflower spaces, enhancing biodiversity and public green spaces.