[PCA] NEWS: Plants flower faster than climate change models predict

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu May 3 07:21:55 CDT 2012


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17924653

Plants flower faster than climate change models predict
By Matt McGrath Science reporter, BBC World Service

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.

See the link above for the full article text.  If you have access to 
Nature, the published results of the study can be found at 
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11014.html






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