The Bio-Integrated Design Open Series is a forum for designers and scientists to discuss concepts and projects to help find new sustainable solutions for the built environment.
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How the evolution of plants and fungi has altered the Earth's climate:
Dr Benjamin Mills, University of Leeds
We often think about the effects that a changing climate will have on the Earth’s biosphere, especially on the plants that we require for food. But on longer timescales, the plants and fungi that cover Earth’s surface exert a considerable control over the composition of our atmosphere, and our climate. In this talk, Dr Benjamin Mills will give an overview of the history of plants and fungi on Earth, explain what we know about how they evolved and came to dominate the continental surface, and what consequences this has had for our planet’s surface chemistry, its climate, and for our own evolution.
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