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Stevenson Swanson<\/a> is the Science Media Manager for The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Photo<\/a>In a new video about The New York Botanical Garden\u2019s world-class herbarium, Assistant Curator Matthew Pace, Ph.D.<\/a>, likens the herbarium to a time capsule that \u201callows you to go basically anywhere in the world, back in time, and also extrapolate into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 7.8 million preserved plant specimens in NYBG\u2019s William and Lynda Steere Herbarium<\/a>\u2014the second-largest in the world\u2014capture what the ecosystem of a region was like at a specific point in time. By knowing the environmental conditions that allow a plant species to thrive, it\u2019s possible to make predictions about how it will react in the future.
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\nAs climate change warms a region, for instance, a species that flourishes in a moderate temperature range will likely shift to cooler climes\u2014provided it is not restricted to the top of a mountain and has nowhere to go. In that case, it could become extinct.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, habitat is continually destroyed, whether it\u2019s cut down for agriculture or burned or lost due to sea level rise or climate change,\u201d Dr. Pace says. Before that happens, he adds, \u201cWe need to capture what the environment was like.\u201d<\/p>\n

The short, entrancing video by videographer Luis Collazo is on the website Storia here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What in the World is a Herbarium?<\/em><\/a>, an exhibition in NYBG\u2019s Ross Gallery that shows visitors the central role that herbarium specimens play in the Garden\u2019s plant science and conservation work, will be on display until October 29, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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