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Kew Digitizes 7 Million Species for Global Science | Science News
Kew Botanic Gardens just unlocked seven million plant and fungi specimens online for free, using AI and high-res cameras in a £15 million UK-funded project. This massive digitization effort fuels their new “State of the World’s Plants and Fungi” report, revealing a biodiversity crisis where taxonomy races against extinction. AI helps identify new species, decode handwritten labels, and shift historical collections back to their regions of origin. It’s part of a UK-wide push to digitize smaller collections, potentially boosting the economy billions while accelerating conservation before it’s…
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