And we were able now to digitise 7.4 million specimens and that contributes to the 145 million specimens of plants and fungi digitised globally But I do remain optimistic because I know that with these tools we can speed up our work in ways that are much more efficiently so that we can allocate resources where they're most needed."The RBG says digitised records and statistical models could help speed up both the naming of new species and assessments of whether poorly recorded species are extinct or simply undetected.It says fewer than 1,000 plant species have been formally declared extinct, although the true number is likely higher.The report says AI analysis of eight million digitised herbarium specimens showed global flowering times had shifted by an average of 2.5 days per decade over the past century, with plants flowering earlier or later depending on region."I think many people have heard about the impact of climate change on the flowering time of plants