[PCA] NEWS: How wildflower study shows complex effects from global warming

Kwong, Olivia okwong at blm.gov
Thu Mar 20 12:23:55 CDT 2014


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0319/How-wildflower-study-shows-complex-effects-from-global-warming

How wildflower study shows complex effects from global warming
A research team found that over four decades, global warming has added 35
days to the wildflower season in the southern Colorado Rockies. But the
team's data reveal nuances that other studies have missed.
By Pete Spotts, Staff writer (Christian Science Monitor) / March 19, 2014

During the past 39 years, global warming has added more than a month to the
wildflower season in the southern Colorado Rockies, according to a new
study tracking the local effects of global warming on plant life there.

See the link above for the full article text. If you have access to PNAS,
the journal article can be found at
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/12/1323073111.abstract
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