When you really start to look at them, they are beautiful as well as important, and without them, the world really wouldn't function in the way that what it does. Britain is changing. New species bring new opportunities and new threats. So the museum is joining a pioneering new scheme, to try and work out what's going on. Juliet Brodie recently joined a team of scientists hoping to persuade local residents to survey the place they know best. Wembury Bay on the south coast of Devon, the preferred habitat of surfer dudes and budding young architects. But today they are about to be outnumbered by an altogether different breed of visitor, by professional biologists and enthusiastic nature-spotters.


真正走进海藻，你会发现它们不仅美丽而且至关重要。如果没有它们，世界将无法正常运转，英国环境不断改变。新物种带来生机的同时，也构成了威胁，所以博物馆正在进行一项新课题，试图弄清楚当前的局势。朱丽叶·布罗迪最近参加了一个科学小队，努力说服当地居民调研其家乡情况。德文岛南海岸的文伯里海湾，深受冲浪爱好者和新晋建筑师的喜爱。但是今日他们要遇到另一群数量众多的新面孔，职业生物学家和热情的自然观测员。