Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Early summer?

Warm temperatures, early blossoms on pear trees, dandelions growing like crazy...around here an early spring/summer is very evident. The impact?


Warmer Temps Mean UK Flowers Emerging Earlier Than At Any Time in Past 250 Years

BBC News reports that new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B show that plants in the UK are flowering earlier than at any time in the past 250 years. In particular, the trend is most notable in the past quarter century.
All in all, BBC News also reports that on average spring in the UK now arrives 11 days earlier than in did 30 years ago.

Sure I love the warm weather effect on the seeds I planted in the garden. Love to see those seedlings come up. But will this warm weather last? And if it does, what effect will this have on the insects, birds, mammals?


Time to build my own little biosphere.

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