BBC: Scientific models are failing to accurately predict the impact of global warming on plants, says a new report. Researchers found in long-term studies that some are flowering up to eight times faster than models anticipate. The authors say that poor study design and a lack of investment in experiments partly account for the difference. They suggest that spring flowering and leafing will continue to advance at the rate of 5 to 6 days per year for every degree celsius of warming. The results...
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17924653
Enclosure: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11014.html
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