Science Now: The past mild winter in the United States brought spring flowers before April's showers, fueling concerns about how climate change might upset the synchrony between plants and the organisms they interact with. A new study suggests that the mismatch may be worse than previously thought. Experiments designed to test the effects of warming failed to predict just how much earlier plants will develop. When plants leaf or bloom-part of a field called phenology-"provides one of the most sensitive indicators...
URL: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/05/plant-responses-to-climate-change.html?ref=hp
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