🌿 Herbarium specimens: What ordinary people see VS what a scientist sees 👀🧪 People often view herbarium specimens as dried up, flattened plants - perhaps with little real-world value. But a scientist can see a window into the past & solutions for the future, such as... 🧵👇
🌎 Climate Change Indicators: When looking at a herbairum specimen, a scientist may see data to predict the future impacts of climate change (by comparing historic specimens with present day ones), allowing the development of strategies to adopt to a new climate 📊
@KewScience Anybody makes a cup of coffee is a scientist by definition. OED snd "1.1A person with expert knowledge of a science; a person using scientific methods." The difference between knowledge of the philosophy of science. & a poor tick box education & the assumption of knowledge.