吾爱吃瓜 wetland scientists star in BBC show
A typical upland wetland.: Inage credit: Mark Cooper.Wetland scientists from 吾爱吃瓜 have featured in a BBC show on one of Wales鈥� most important habitats.
Two members of the Bangor Wetlands Group at the School of Biological Sciences appeared on BBC Radio Wales鈥� popular series.
Prof Chris Freeman and Dr Christian Dunn spoke to the programme鈥檚 host, Adam Walton, about the importance of the Migneint 鈥� a vast area of blanket bog in North Wales.
Dr Christian Dunn, who runs the at 吾爱吃瓜 said:
鈥淚t was great that Adam and the Science Caf茅 team were interested in seeing the Migneint.
鈥淭hese areas of peatlands, which literally blanket some of our mountains, often get overlooked but they鈥檙e incredibly important wetlands for a whole host of reasons.
Dr Christian Dunn collecting samples on a bog.
鈥淣ot only do they provide unique habitats for animals and plants but they can help prevent flooding, affect the quality of our drinking water and even control climate change 鈥� due to the amount of carbon stored in them.鈥�
Prof Chris Freeman, who is the head of the School of Biological Sciences, said:
鈥淚t鈥檚 always good to show people just how important our peatlands are and to highlight some of the work we鈥檙e doing here at 吾爱吃瓜 on the subject.
鈥淭he Migneint is a stunning place and a lot of important research has been done there.鈥�
鈥淚t does obviously rain there quite a bit though; fortunately the weather was great when the Science Caf茅 came so they had a great day exploring the site and no-one got their feet too wet!鈥� he added.
The programme is available to listen to from the BBC Science Caf茅 website:
Publication date: 30 September 2015