UK floods 2014

I'm sure you will be aware of the devastating floods that have occurred across much of coastal Britain this January. Alarmingly the occurrence of extreme weather events is set to increase as a consequence of climate change (IPCC, 2013). Furthermore it seems that flooding is just another way that invasive species can be spread - check out this news story. I've posted this just to illustrate the growing amount of evidence that suggests it is no longer possible to prevent the spread of invasive species.